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gloaming

[gloh-ming] Origin

gloam·ing

[gloh-ming]
noun
twilight; dusk.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English gloming, Old English glōmung, derivative of glōm twilight
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Gloaming is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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gloaming (ˈɡləʊmɪŋ)
 
n
poetic twilight or dusk
 
[Old English glōmung, from glōm; related to Old Norse glāmr moon]

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Word Origin & History

gloaming
O.E. glomung, formed (probably on model of æfning "evening") from glom "twilight," related to glowan "to glow," hence "glow of sunrise or sunset," from P.Gmc. *glo- (see glow). Fell from currency except in Yorkshire dialect, but preserved in Scotland and reintroduced
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by Burns and other Scottish writers after 1785.
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