gloaming

== English == === Etymology === From a dialectal variant of glooming, from Middle English *gloming, from Old English glōmung, from Old English glōm (“twilight”). By surface analysis, gloom +‎ -ing. Related to glow. The OED notes: "The vowel of the modern gloaming is anomalous, as Old English glōmung should normally become glooming. The explanation is probably that the ō was shortened in the compound ǣfen-glommung (as the spelling seems to show was actually the case), and that from this compound there was evolved a new subject glŏmung, which by normal phonetic development became Middle English glǭming, modern English gloaming." === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡləʊ.mɪŋ/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡloʊ.mɪŋ/ Rhymes: -əʊmɪŋ === Noun === gloaming (plural gloamings) Twilight, as at early morning (dawn) or (especially) early evening; dusk. Synonyms: crepuscule, glooming, vespers; see also Thesaurus:twilight Antonyms: daytime, daylight, nighttime, darkness (obsolete) Sullenness; melancholy. Synonyms: crepuscule, glooming, misery, sadness, sorrow, woe ==== Translations ==== === Verb === gloaming present participle and gerund of gloam === References ===