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gloaming

noun gloam·ing \ˈglō-miŋ\

Definition of GLOAMING

:  twilight, dusk
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Origin of GLOAMING

Middle English (Scots) gloming, from Old English glōming, from glōm twilight; akin to Old English glōwan to glow
First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to GLOAMING

Synonyms
black, blackness, candlelight, darkness, dusk, dark, gloom, murk, night, semidarkness, shade, shadows, twilight, umbra
Antonyms
blaze, brightness, brilliance, day, daylight, glare, glow, light, lightness

Other Calendar Terms

antedate, estival, luster, sesquicentennial

Rhymes with GLOAMING

coaming

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