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GLOAM
twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle
(noun) the time of day immediately following sunset; “he loved the twilight”; “they finished before the fall of night”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
gloam (plural gloams)
(obsolete) gloaming; twilight
Verb
gloam (third-person singular simple present gloams, present participle gloaming, simple past and past participle gloamed)
(intransitive) To begin to grow dark; to grow dusky.
(intransitive) To be sullen or morose.
Anagrams
• lagom
Source: Wiktionary
Gloam, v. i. Etym: [See Gloom, Glum.]
1. To begin to grow dark; to grow dusky.
2.
Definition: To be sullen or morose. [Obs.]
Gloam, n.
Definition: The twilight; gloaming. [R.] Keats.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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