false dawn
Meanings
noun
- A thin ambient light which precedes true dawn, typically by around an hour, in certain parts of the world.
- Something engendering premature hope; a promising sign which in fact leads to nothing.
Word forms
Etymology
From false + dawn, calque of Arabic صُبْح كَاذِب (ṣubḥ kāḏib).
Synonyms
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