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semigloom

semigloom noun: partial gloom or darkness.

Noun

semigloom (uncountable)

  1. Partial gloom or darkness.
    • The room was in semigloom, for Scarlett had pulled down the shades to shut out the heat and brightness.1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, published June 1944, →OCLC, part IV, page 367

Origin of semigloom

From semi- + gloom.

Questions about semigloom

What does semigloom mean?
Semigloom means partial gloom or darkness.
What part of speech is semigloom?
Semigloom is a noun.

Words near semigloom in the dictionary

  1. semiglobe
  2. semiglobes
  3. semiglobose
  4. semiglobular
  5. semiglobularly
  6. semigloom
  7. semigloss
  8. semiglosses
  9. semiglossy
  10. semiglutin
  11. semigod

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