alpenglow
nounUS /ˈæl.pən.ɡloʊ/ · UK /ˈal.pən.ɡləʊ/
Etymology A partial calque of German Alpenglühen (literally “glow of the Alps”), with the second element replaced by the English equivalent glow.
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Usually A rosy or reddish glow seen during sunset or sunrise on the summits of mountains, especially snow-covered mountains on the opposite side of the sun.
- But Jim was all smiles and, as if in added welcome, alpenglow suddenly flared to flood the summit hot pink and lit up the cabin.2021 February 16, Dan Richards, “Peak cabin: a fire-spotter's lonely vantage point in Washington state”, in The Guardian:
- Derived terms
- aspenglow