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** English
[2007]
*** Etymology
From a dialectal variant of [en], from [en], from [en], from [en]. [en].
Related to [en].
The _[OED]_ notes[1]: "The vowel of the modern _gloaming_ is anomalous, as Old
English _glōmung_ should normally become _glooming_. The explanation is
probably that the _ō_ was shortened in the compound _ǣfen-glommung_ (as the
spelling seems to show was actually the case), and that from this compound
there was evolved a new subject _glŏmung_, which by normal phonetic
development became Middle English _glǭming_, modern English _gloaming_."
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. Twilight , as at early morning ( dawn ) or (especially) early evening ; dusk .
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
5. * [en]
6. [en] Sullenness ; melancholy .
**** Translations
[twilight]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Irish: [ga] , [ga] , [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Russian: [ru]
- Scots: [sco]
- Spanish: [es]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
- Welsh: [cy] , [cy]
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*** Verb
[en]
1. [en]
*** References
References:
[1]. _Oxford English Dictionary_ , G-222.
[en]