evenglome

noun
/ˈiː.vənˌɡləʊm/UK/ˈi.vənˌɡloʊm/US

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”).

  1. learned borrowing from ǣfenglōm

Definitions

  1. Twilight

    Twilight; dusk; crepusculum.

    • They are like men who have lived always in broad day—who have never seen evenglome or moonlight.
    • To the tired traveller, in the evenglome, The long way wended, welcome is the inn, Though narrow be the house and cold the bed, At least thou shalt sleep well among thy kin. The innumerous generations of the dead.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for evenglome. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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