English Dictionary
Definition of “gloaming”
gloaming (ˈɡləʊmɪŋ
)
Definitions
noun
- poetic twilight or dusk
Word Origin
Old English glōmung, from glōm; related to Old Norse glāmr moon
Usage examples
In the deep peace of the gloaming , she looked first south towards the distant, ever-spreading city and then north along the iron tracks.
Hocke, Martin, The Ancient and Solitary Reign (1990)She raised a finger at the picket, circling in the gloaming.
Irish Times (2002)The leaders, when gloaming turned into night, were the same as they had been in the heat of the day.
Times, Sunday Times (2002)Why smile you in the gloaming On the old grey bridge of Tavrobel
John Garth, TOLKIEN AND THE GREAT WAR: The Threshold of Middle-earth (2003)
