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gloaming

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gloam·ing  (glmng)
n.
Twilight; dusk.

[Middle English gloming, from Old English glmung, alteration (probably influenced by æfnung, evening) of glm, dusk; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots.]

gloaming [ˈgləʊmɪŋ]
n
Poetic twilight or dusk
[Old English glōmung, from glōm; related to Old Norse glāmr moon]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.gloaminggloaming - the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"
even, evening, eventide, eve - the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake"
night - a shortening of nightfall; "they worked from morning to night"
time of day, hour - clock time; "the hour is getting late"
Translations
gloaming [ˈgləʊmɪŋ] N (liter) → crepúsculo m
in the gloamingal anochecer
gloaming
n (liter)Dämmer- or Zwielicht nt (geh)


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A pretty girl at time o' gloaming Hath whispered me to go and meet her Without the city gate.
You may figure to yourself the hum of voices along the road in the gloaming.
At length, in the first gloaming of the night, we heard a trumpet sound, and looking back from among the heather, saw the troop beginning to collect.
 
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