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foreglow

foreglow noun: the glow of light appearing in the sky preceding sunrise.

Noun

foreglow (plural foreglows)

  1. The glow of light appearing in the sky preceding sunrise.
    • He promised fair things and, when another morning came, set forth in the first rosy foreglow of dawn through a dew-soaked world to his new work.1850, History, Harper's Magazine, Harper & Row, page 702
    • But glorious, and educating, and inspiring as is the sunrise in itself in many cases, there is occasionally something very remarkable that is connected with it. Rare is it, but how charming when, witnessed, though till very' recently it was all but unexplained. This is the foreglow. It is in no...1894, The Gentleman's Magazine

Antonyms of foreglow

Forms of foreglow

pluralforeglows
alternative formfore-glow
alternative formfore glow

Origin of foreglow

From fore- + glow.

Questions about foreglow

What does foreglow mean?
Foreglow means the glow of light appearing in the sky preceding sunrise.
What part of speech is foreglow?
Foreglow is a noun.
What is the plural of foreglow?
The plural of foreglow is foreglows.

Words near foreglow in the dictionary

  1. foreglimpsed
  2. foreglimpses
  3. foreglimpsing
  4. foreglories
  5. foreglory
  6. foreglow
  7. foreglows
  8. forego
  9. foregoer
  10. foregoers
  11. foregoes

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