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Day-Glo

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Etymology

Coined by the Day-Glo Color Corp., originally as a trademark, from day + glow.

  1. derived from *ǵʰleh₁-✻ — “to shine, glow; to be shining, glowing”
  2. inherited from *glōaną✻ — “to glow”
  3. derived from *glówa✻
  4. inherited from *glōan✻ — “to glow”
  5. inherited from glōwan — “to glow”
  6. inherited from glouen
  7. compounded as day-glo — “day + glow”

Definitions

  1. A luminous paint that glows in a variety of brilliant colours, most commonly red or orange

    A luminous paint that glows in a variety of brilliant colours, most commonly red or orange; used especially for outdoor advertising.

    • Cool shades and Day-Glo tears / All hide your sixteen years

  2. Very bright and luminous in colour.

    • Leon was in his most resplendent, gaudiest, Day-Glo getup, including a purple felt fez with multiple hangy-downs and a cranberry vestment with gold collar, appliquéd with every religious symbol known to man […]

  3. Alternative form of Day-Glo

    Alternative form of Day-Glo; luminescent; fluorescent; of colors, very bright.

    • And watched the world turn day-glo / You know you know / The world turned day-glo

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA