Foreglow

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The glow of light appearing in the sky preceding sunrise.

    "He promised fair things and, when another morning came, set forth in the first rosy foreglow of dawn through a dew-soaked world to his new work."

Example

More examples

"He promised fair things and, when another morning came, set forth in the first rosy foreglow of dawn through a dew-soaked world to his new work."

Etymology

From fore- + glow.

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