- gloaming
- noun Etymology: Middle English (Scots) gloming, from Old English glōming, from glōm twilight; akin to Old English glōwan to glow Date: before 12th century twilight, dusk
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Gloaming — may refer to:* Gloaming, or twilight, the time after sunset and before dark* Gloaming (horse), a famous Australian bred racehorse * The Gloaming , the subtitle of Radiohead s album Hail to the Thief and the title of one of its tracks … Wikipedia
gloaming — ► NOUN (the gloaming) literary ▪ twilight; dusk. ORIGIN Old English, related to GLOW(Cf. ↑glow) … English terms dictionary
Gloaming — Gloam ing, n. [See {Gloom}.] 1. Twilight; dusk; the fall of the evening. [Scot. & North of Eng., and in poetry.] Hogg. [1913 Webster] 2. Sullenness; melancholy. [Obs.] J. Still. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gloaming — O.E. glomung twilight, formed (probably on model of æfning evening ) from glom twilight, related to glowan to glow (hence glow of sunrise or sunset ), from P.Gmc. *glo (see GLOW (Cf. glow)). Fell from currency except in Yorkshire dialect, but… … Etymology dictionary
gloaming — [glōm′iŋ] n. [ME (Scot) glomyng < OE glomung < glom, twilight, akin to glowan, to GLOW: adopted in literature < Scot dial.] evening dusk; twilight … English World dictionary
gloaming — noun /ˈɡləʊmɪŋ,ˈɡloʊmɪŋ/ twilight, as at early morning or (especially) early evening; dusk You may imagine the young people brushed up after the labours of the day, and making this novelty, as they would make any novelty, the excuse for walking… … Wiktionary
gloaming — gloam|ing [ˈgləumıŋ US ˈglou ] n [: Old English; Origin: glomung] the gloaming literary the time in the early evening when it is becoming dark = ↑dusk … Dictionary of contemporary English
gloaming — noun (the gloaming) literary twilight; dusk. Origin OE glōmung, from glōm twilight , of Gmc origin; related to glow … English new terms dictionary
gloaming — noun (U) the gloaming poetic the time in the early evening when it is becoming dark; dusk … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Gloaming (horse) — Thoroughbred racehorse infobox horsename = Gloaming caption = sire = The Welkin grandsire = Flying Fox dam = Light damsire = Eager sex = Gelding foaled = 1915 country = Australia colour = Bay breeder = E. E. D. Clarke owner = George D. Greenwood… … Wikipedia
