different between gloomy vs glome

English

Etymology

From gloom +? -y.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??lu?mi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??lumi/
• Rhymes: -u?mi

Adjective

gloomy (comparative gloomier, superlative gloomiest)

1. Not very illuminated; dim because of darkness, especially when appearing depressing or frightening.

   Synonyms: dusky, dim, clouded; see also Thesaurus:dark

2. Suffering from gloom; melancholy; dejected.

   Synonyms: bleak, dreary, miserable; see also Thesaurus:cheerless

Derived terms

• (the) gloomies

Translations

Further reading

• gloomy (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l??m/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

glome (plural glomes)

1. (anatomy) One of the two prominences at the posterior extremity of the frog of a horse's foot.
2. (botany) A globular head of flowers.
3. (geometry) 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.

Etymology 2

Verb

glome (third-person singular simple present glomes, present participle gloming, simple past and past participle glomed)

1. (obsolete) To look gloomy, morose, or sullen.
   • a. 1547, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, Praise of Mean and Constant Estate

     Not with loathsome muck as a den unclean,
     Nor palace like, whereat disdain may glome

Noun

glome

1. (obsolete) gloom

Anagrams

• Gomel, golem