Evenglome

//ˈiː.vənˌɡləʊm// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Twilight; dusk; crepusculum. rare, uncountable

    "They are like men who have lived always in broad day—who have never seen evenglome or moonlight."

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gloamingtwilight

Example

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"They are like men who have lived always in broad day—who have never seen evenglome or moonlight."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old English ǣfenglōm, as the term began being used soon after the publication of Early England and the Saxon-English in 1869, where the word is first listed in this form. By surface analysis, even + glome (“gloom”).

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