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gloam

[glohm]
–noun Archaic.
twilight; gloaming.

Origin:
1815–25; back formation from gloaming
gloam     (glōm)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Archaic
Twilight; gloaming.

[Back-formation from gloaming.]
gloam

noun
the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night" [syn: twilight

Gloam

Gloam\, v. i. [See Gloom, Glum.]

1. To begin to grow dark; to grow dusky.

2. To be sullen or morose. [Obs.]

Gloam

Gloam\, n. The twilight; gloaming. [R.] --Keats.

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