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Noun: gloaming  glow-ming
  1. The time of day immediately following sunset
    "he loved the gloaming";
    - twilight, dusk, gloam [archaic], nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle

Derived forms: gloamings

Type of: hour, time of day

Part of: eve, even, evening, eventide

Encyclopedia: Gloaming