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gloaming

Pronunciation: /ˈɡləʊ.mɪŋ/

The English word “gloaming” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Twilight, as at early morning (dawn) or (especially) early evening; dusk.
  2. Sullenness; melancholy.

Etymology

From Middle English gloming, from Old English glōmung, from Old English glōm (“twilight”). Related to glow. The OED notes: "The vowel of the modern gloaming is anomalous, as Old English glōmung should normally become glooming. The explanation is probably that the ō was shortened in the compound ǣfen-glommung (as the spelling seems to show was actually the case), and that from this compound there…

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