glow English · revision 15035

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=c. 1000|origins=ine-pro *ghel-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ɡləʊ/, US /ɡloʊ/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|glowen]], [[inh|ang|glōwan|t=to shine as if red-hot]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) cognate with [[osx|glōian]], [[goh|gluoen]] (modern [[de|glühen]]), [[nl|gloeien]] and [[non|glóa]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998) from a Germanic base related to [[glare]] and [[gloaming]],^(Barnhart 1988) from [[ine-pro|*ghel-|t=to shine]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To be heated to incandescence, to shine without flame: about 1000, in Ælfric.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was used figuratively, of strong feeling, from the late 14th century.^(Etymonline) The noun, glowing heat, is from about 1450,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) brightness and warmth of colour from 1600,^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024) ardour from 1748,^(OED 1989) and a flush of radiant feeling from 1793.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) The glow-worm is probably from about 1350.^(Barnhart 1988) Danish and some Swedish dialects also have the sense to stare, found in Middle English as well,^(Etymonline) and in south-western English dialect to glow was to stare or glower.^(Wright 1898)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1000 – to glow.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * probably c. 1350 – glow-worm.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * late 14th century – figurative glow.^(Etymonline)

+ * c. 1450 – a glow (noun).^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1600 – warmth of colour.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1793 – a flush of feeling.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To give out a steady light without flame, as from heat.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To have a bright, warm colour; to flush or blush.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To be radiant or exuberant, as with health or emotion.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # The light of something heated until it shines; [[incandescence]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Brilliance or warmth of colour, or a healthy redness of the face.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A feeling of warmth or well-being.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[glowingly]]

+ * [[aglow]]

+ * [[glower]]

+ * [[glowing]]

+ * [[outglow]]

+ * [[afterglow]]

+ * [[airglow]]

+ * [[counterglow]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[gleed]]

+ * [[glare]]

+ * [[gloaming]]

+ * [[glow-worm]]

+ * [[gold]]

+ * [[yellow]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}