Meaning of nightgloom | Babel Free

Definitions

Darkness of the night; night gloom.

literary, rare, uncountable

Examples

“[…] how we longed to be the hero, how the burning ardour for adventure arose within us, and we sought wistfully with eager eyes to find⟳ somewhere in the world around the footprints of temerity, listening breathlessly even in the nightgloom for the sound⟳ of their creation, doubting not ‘the deeds that we would do or die⟳.’”

“No. 6.–Chorus of Guards and People. Come⟳ with torches brightly flashing, Rush⟳ along with billets clashing, Through the nightgloom, lead⟳ and follow⟳, In and out each rocky hollow, Owls and ravens, Howl with us, and scare⟳ the cravens!”

“Perry turned and contemplatively watched the lawman’s thick torso moving up through the increasing nightgloom, ‘What the hell do you suppose⟳ it is that he knows about us, for a fact?’”

“Because I've been hacking at wolves in forests for far more than a thousand years longer than ye have⟳—and I know⟳ I can't, when nightgloom gets this deep.’”

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