English Explanatory Dictionary

gloomies

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Preceded by the: gloom, despondency.
noun
  1. plural of gloomy

Pronunciation

/ˈɡluːmiz/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-gloomies.wav /ˈɡlumiz/ En-us-gloomies.oga

Word forms

gloomies

Etymology

A fanciful plural of gloomy: gloomy + -ies (suffix forming plural nouns ending in y). Gloom is derived from Middle English *gloom, *glom, from Old English glōm (“gloaming, twilight; darkness”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to gleam, glow, shimmer”).

Related words

doom and gloom gloom gloomily gloominess
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