"nightgloom" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Either from night + gloom or a learned borrowing from Old English nihtglōm, Etymology templates: {{com|en|night|gloom}} night + gloom, {{lbor|en|ang|nihtglōm|nocap=1}} learned borrowing from Old English nihtglōm Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} nightgloom (uncountable)
  1. (rare, literary) Darkness of the night; night gloom. Tags: literary, rare, uncountable
    Sense id: en-nightgloom-en-noun-LWrobHZ7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "text": "No. 6.–Chorus of Guards and People.\nCome with torches brightly flashing,\nRush along with billets clashing,\nThrough the nightgloom, lead and follow,\nIn and out each rocky hollow,\nOwls and ravens,\nHowl with us, and scare the cravens!",
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