sunglow

[suhn-gloh]

noun

a diffused, hazy light seen around the sun, caused by atmospheric dust.

Origin of sunglow

First recorded in 1835–45; sun + glow

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Historical Examples of sunglow

Now and again there was the sharp twang in it of the bog-myrtle, sweltering in the sunglow.
Pharais and The Mountain Lovers
Fiona Macleod
I was a child, and asked him if it was a white dove, such as I had seen fanning the sunglow in Icolmkill.
The Divine Adventure etc. (Works vol. 4)
Fiona Macleod
Out of the sunglow the arm crept like a snake, then it lay still in the shadow betwixt the two who slumbered unheeding.
Pharais and The Mountain Lovers
Fiona Macleod

British Dictionary definitions for sunglow

sunglow

noun

a pinkish glow often seen in the sky before sunrise or after sunset. It is caused by scattering or diffraction of sunlight by particles in the atmosphere

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