gloam

English

Etymology

Back-formation from gloaming.

Noun

gloam (plural gloams)

1. (obsolete) Twilight; clipping of gloaming.

Verb

gloam (third-person singular simple present gloams, present participle gloaming, simple past and past participle gloamed)

1. (intransitive) To begin to grow dark; to grow dusky.
2. (intransitive) To be sullen or morose.

References

• “gloam”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• lagom

Cimbrian

Verb

gloam (past participle gegloabet)

1. to believe
2. to think

References

• Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien