gloam

American  

[glohm] / gloʊm /

noun

Archaic.

1. twilight; gloaming.

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Etymology

Origin of gloam

First recorded in 1815–25; back formation from gloaming

Example Sentences

I loved the walk home after work, a damp mist falling, the sky turning purple and the White House aglow in the evening gloam, so close that you could reach out and touch it.

From Washington Post • Jul. 23, 2021

The summer was over too fast and suddenly I was back to Dublin’s autumn gloam, to my night job in a cinema, and to college, where I bumped into Rob again.

From The Guardian • Mar. 30, 2019

And each Fairy of our home— Fire-fly—its torch then lit In the honey-scented gloam, Dashing down the dusk with it, Like an instant flaming foam.

From The Triumph of Music And Other Lyrics by Cawein, Madison Julius

Let the shadow's dome Lengthen the hour of sleep with its fresh gloam.

From Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell by Various

Oh, to float in the gloam on the bubbly foam With her lily face above!

From Blooms of the Berry by Cawein, Madison J.