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undergloom

undergloom noun: the underworld.

Noun

undergloom (plural not attested)

  1. (dated, literary, no plural, possibly, uncommon) the underworld
    • As if the flowers that blow above/Could charm its undergloom.183?, Emily Brontë, To A.S. 1830
    • To achieve immortality, Dionysos had to pass through the undergloom.2015, Spencer Clevenger, Greek Mythic History

Origin of undergloom

From under- + gloom.

Questions about undergloom

What does undergloom mean?
Undergloom means the underworld.
What part of speech is undergloom?
Undergloom is a noun.

Words near undergloom in the dictionary

  1. undergirt
  2. underglaze
  3. underglazed
  4. underglazes
  5. underglazing
  6. undergloom
  7. underglorified
  8. underglow
  9. underglowed
  10. underglowing
  11. underglows

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