gloaming
English
/ˈɡləʊ.mɪŋ/, /ˈɡloʊ.mɪŋ/
noun
Definitions
- (poetry) Twilight, as at early morning (dawn) or (especially) early evening; dusk.
- (obsolete) Sullenness; melancholy.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English *gloming inherited from Old English glōmung, glōm (twilight, gloaming, darkness, gloom) suf from English gloom.
Origin
English
gloom
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- begloom English
- engloom English
- gloom English
- gloomful English
- gloomish English
- gloomleader English
- gloomless English
- gloomsome English
- gloomster English
- gloomth English
- gloomward English
- gloomy English
- overgloom English
- semigloom English
- ungloomed English
- glōm Old English
- glōmung Old English
- æfenglom Old English
- *gloming Middle English
- *gloom Middle English
- *glōm gmw-pro