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glow-in-the-dark

adj

Etymology

From glow + in + the + dark.

  1. derived from *dʰer-✻ — “dull, dirty”
  2. derived from *dʰerg-✻ — “dim, dull”
  3. inherited from *derk✻ — “dark”
  4. inherited from deorc
  5. inherited from derk
  6. compounded as glow-in-the-dark — “glow + in + the + dark”

Definitions

  1. glowing

    glowing; glowy (especially luminescently or fluorescently or iridescently in contrast to relatively dark surroundings)

    • a glow-in-the-dark sketchbook
    • a glow-in-the-dark pen
    • a glow-in-the-dark watch

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for glow-in-the-dark. 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