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English word origin

Etymology of glome

Borrowed from Latin glomus (“a ball”). Compare globe.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
noun

One of the two prominences at the posterior extremity of the frog of a horse's foot. · A globular head of flowers. · A hypersphere in 4-dimensional Euclidean space defined as the set of all points that are at a given distance from a given point, also called a 3-sphere.

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Borrowed from Latin glomus (“a ball”). Compare globe.

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
verb

To look gloomy, morose, dark or sullen.

noun

gloom or gloam

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

An alteration of gloom, from Middle English *gloom, *glom, from Old English glōm (“gloaming, twilight, darkness”). More at gloom.

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  • Inherited-form mention*gloomenm
  • Inherited-form mentionglōmang · gloaming, twilight, darkness
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