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Definition of Gloaming

1. Noun. The time of day immediately following sunset. "They finished before the fall of night"

Definition of Gloaming

1. n. Twilight; dusk; the fall of the evening.

Definition of Gloaming

1. Noun. (poetry Scotland UK North England) twilight, as at early morning or (especially) early evening; dusk ¹

2. Noun. (obsolete) sullenness; melancholy ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gloaming

1. twilight [n -S] - See also: twilight

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gloaming

Literary usage of Gloaming

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Parody Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1904)
"BROWNING IN THE gloaming IN the gloaming to be roaming, where the crested ... When the gloaming is, I never made the ghost of an endeavor To discover — but ..."

2. Parodies of the Works of English & American Authors by Walter Hamilton (1887)
"IN the gloaming, oh, my Proctor, When your ways are mean and low. ... IN the gloaming, О my darling, Now our credit's very low, And the tax-collectors ..."

3. Sonnets of this Century by William Sharp (1886)
"SUMMER gloaming. IT is a Summer's gloaming, faint and sweet, A gloaming brightened by an infant moon Fraught with the fairest light of middle June ..."

4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1893)
"THK gloaming. A WISH at close of day, The evening waits; A hope, a morning ray From eastern gates : A bright and sunny spot Along tho stream ; A quiet ..."

5. Franklin Square Song Collection: Two Hundred Favorite Songs and Hymns for by John Piersol McCaskey (1887)
"In the gloaming oh, my [darling! think not bit- ter - ly of me! Though I passed a • 1. In the gloaming oh," my darling! when the lights are dim and low, ..."

6. The Muses of Mayfair: Selections from Vers de Société of the Nineteenth Century by Henry Cholmondeley-Pennell (1874)
"CSC )N the gloaming to be roaming, where the crested waves are foaming, ... What the gloaming is, I never made the ghost of an endeavour [be sweet. ..."

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