English Explanatory Dictionary

evenglome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Twilight; dusk; crepusculum.

Pronunciation

/ˈiː.vənˌɡləʊm/ /ˈi.vənˌɡloʊm/

Word forms

evenglome even-glome

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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