gloaming

[ gloh-ming ]

noun

1. twilight; dusk.

gloaming

/ ˈɡləʊmɪŋ /

noun

1. poetic.
   twilight or dusk

Word History and Origins

Origin of gloaming¹

First recorded before 1000; Middle English gloming, Old English glōmung, derivative of glōm “twilight”

Word History and Origins

Origin of gloaming¹

Old English glōmung, from glōm; related to Old Norse glāmr moon

Example Sentences

The camera turns to follow them as, joined by the ad hoc choir on the porch, they cross a vast meadow in the gloaming, singing lustily all the while.

From Washington Post

On muddy embankments in gloaming forest, you might feel your knees wobble as adolescent gorillas inch to within a foot of where you stand to paw your neighbor’s tripod.

From Washington Post

But that great-come-and-get-it day-is still shimmering in the mists of the gloaming.

From The Daily Beast

To his left, in the gloaming, was a man staring straight at the crowd like a secret serviceman looking for assassins.

From The Daily Beast

She tried to peer through the gloaming, and feared her father and mother would mark her troubled eagerness and guess its cause.

From Project Gutenberg

And so they had still a peaceful gloaming, these two old people, when their changeful day of life was drawing to a close.

From Project Gutenberg

Only it was like the dawn rather than the gloaming, Katie said, because of the soft brightness that shone on them both.

From Project Gutenberg

The figure of a man, who in the gray gloaming looked well-dressed, was approaching Mysie, and she was slowly moving to meet him.

From Project Gutenberg

In the gray quick gloaming the moors and the hills, viewed from the train, seemed to him a country without hope.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• dusk
• twilight
• twilight