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undergloom

noun

Etymology

From under- + gloom.

  1. derived from *ǵʰley-✻ — “to gleam, shimmer, glow”
  2. inherited from *glōmaz✻ — “gleam, shimmer, sheen”
  3. inherited from *glōm✻
  4. inherited from glōm — “gloaming, twilight, darkness”
  5. inherited from *gloom✻
  6. prefixed as undergloom — “under + gloom”

Definitions

  1. the underworld

    • To achieve immortality, Dionysos had to pass through the undergloom.
    • “But as long as my father is in the undergloom, your plans can't go as smoothly as you'd like, can they?” said Marcus, certain now that he was right.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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