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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