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glome.

One of the two prominences at the posterior extremity of the frog of a horse's foot.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɡləʊm/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɡloʊm/General-American
  1. One of the two prominences at the posterior extremity of the frog of a horse's foot.

  2. A globular head of flowers.

  3. 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.

Where this word comes from

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

verb/ˈɡləʊm/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɡloʊm/General-American
  1. To look gloomy, morose, dark or sullen.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

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

noun/ˈɡləʊm/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɡloʊm/General-American
  1. gloom or gloam

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

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

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