gloaming

gloam·ing  (glmng)

n.

Twilight; dusk.

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

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gloaming

Noun

Scot poetic twilight; dusk [Old English glōmung]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

gloaming - the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night" crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, gloam, nightfall, twilight, fall 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"