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English
Etymology
Old English glomung|gl�mung.
Pronunciation
italbrac|RP IPA|/�gl��mɪ�/
italbrac|US IPA|/�glo�mɪ�/
audio|en-us-gloaming.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|��mɪ�
Noun
gloaming
- twilight, as at early morning or (especially) early evening; dusk
Quotations
1898 � w:H. G. Wells|H. G. Wells, s:The War of the Worlds|The War of the Worlds, Book 1, ch 6
: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 together and enjoying a trivial flirtation. You may figure to yourself the hum of voices along the road in the gloaming...
2001 � David Lodge, Thinks...
:I clung to her nipples as she soared and swooped through the gloaming, scooping up insects, and I remember the shapes of things that she flew between, above, beneath.
Synonyms
crepuscule, sundown, twilight, vespers
Antonyms
dawn, daybreak
Translations
trans-top|twilight
Italian: imbrunire
trans-mid
Vietnamese: hoà ng hôn
trans-bottom
Related terms
gloom
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