SLOOM

Etymology 1

Noun

sloom (plural slooms)

A gentle sleep; slumber.

Etymology 2

Verb

sloom (third-person singular simple present slooms, present participle slooming, simple past and past participle sloomed)

(Scotland, obsolete) To sleep lightly, to doze, to nod; to be half-asleep.

(of plants or soil) To soften or rot with damp.

Anagrams

• looms, mools, osmol, slo mo, slo-mo, slomo

Source: Wiktionary


Sloom, n.

Definition: Slumber. [Prov. Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

15 April 2025

DOOMED

(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott


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