Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GLOB'U-LOUS, a.

Round; globular; having the form of small sphere. Boyle.

GLOB'Y, a.

Round; orbicular. Sherwood.

GLODE, [old pret. of glide.]

[Obs.]

GLOME, n. [L. glomus, a ball; Heb. and Ch. גלם, Ar. لَمً lamma, to wind, convolve, or collect into a mass. Class Lm, No. 5, 11. Qu. its alliance to lump, clump, plumbum.]

In botany, a roundish head of flowers. Martyn.

GLOM'ER-ATE, v.t. [L. glomero, from glomus, supra.]

To gather or wind into a ball; to collect into a spherical form or mass, as threads.

GLOM'ER-A-TED, pp.

Gathered into a ball or round mass.

GLOM'ER-A-TING, ppr.

Collecting or winding into a ball or round mass.

GLOM-ER-A'TION, n. [L. glomeratio.]

1. The act of gathering, winding or forming into a ball or spherical body.
2. A body formed into a ball. Bacon.

GLOM'ER-OUS, a. [L. glomerosus.]

Gathered or formed into a ball or round mass. [Qu. the use.]

GLOOM, n. [Scot. gloum, gloom, a frown. In D. lommer a shade, and loom is slow, heavy, dull. In Sax. glomung is twilight.]

1. Obscurity; partial or total darkness; thick shade; as, the gloom of a forest, or the gloom of midnight.
2. Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow. We say, the mind is sunk into gloom; a gloom overspreads the mind.
3. Darkness of prospect or aspect.
4. Sullenness.

GLOOM, v.i.

1. To shine obscurely or imperfectly. Spenser.
2. To be cloudy, dark or obscure.
3. To be melancholy or dejected. Goldsmith.

GLOOM, v.t.

To obscure; to fill with gloom; to darken; to make dismal. Young.

GLOOM'ED, pp.

Filled with gloom.

GLOOM'I-LY, adv. [from gloomy.]

1. Obscurely; dimly; darkly; dismally.
2. With melancholy aspect; sullenly; not cheerfully. Dryden. Thomson.

GLOOM'I-NESS, n.

1. Want of light; obscurity; darkness; dismalness.
2. Want of cheerfulness; cloudiness of look; heaviness of mind; melancholy; as, to involve the mind in gloominess. Addison.

GLOOM'Y, a. [from gloom.]

1. Obscure; imperfectly illuminated; or dark; dismal; as, the gloomy cells of a convent; the gloomy shades of night.
2. Wearing the aspect of sorrow; melancholy; clouded; dejected; depressed; heavy of heart; as, a gloomy countenance or state of mind; a gloomy temper.
3. Of a dark complexion. [Little used.] Milton.

GLOP'PEN, v.t.

To surprise or astonish. N. of England.

GLORE, n.

Fat.

GLO-RI-A'TION, n. [L. gloriatio.]

Boast; a triumphing. [Not used.] Richardson.

GLO'RI-ED, a. [See Glory.]

Illustrious; honorable. [Not used.] Milton.

GLO-RI-FI-CA'TION, n. [See Glorify.]

1. The act of giving glory or of ascribing honors to. Taylor.
2. Exaltation to honor and dignity; elevation to glory; as, the glorification of Christ after his resurrection.

GLO'RI-FI-ED, pp.

Honored; dignified; exalted to glory;

GLO'RI-FY, v.t. [Fr. glorifier; L. gloria and facio, to make.]

1. To praise; to magnify and honor in worship; to ascribe honor to, in thought or words. Ps. lxxxvi. 9. God is glorified, when such his excellency, above all thing, is with due admiration acknowledged. Hooker.
2. To make glorious; to exalt to glory, or to celestial happiness. Whom he justified, them he also glorified. Rom. viii. The God of our fathers hath glorified his son Jesus. Acts iii.
3. To praise; to honor; to extol. Whomsoever they find to be most licentious of life, him they set up and glorify. Spenser.
4. To procure honor or praise to. Shak.

GLO'RI-FY-ING, ppr.

Praising; honoring in worship; exalting to glory; honoring; extolling.

GLO'RI-OUS, a. [Fr. glorieux; L. gloriosus. See Glory.]

1. Illustrious; of exalted excellence and splendor; resplendent in majesty and divine attributes; applied to God. Ex. 11.
2. Noble; excellent; renowned; celebrated; illustrious; very honorable; applied to men, their achievements, titles, &c. Let us remember we are Cato's friends, / And act like men who claim that glorious title. Addison.
3. Boastful; self-exulting; haughty; ostentatious. [Obs.] Bacon.