aglowy

Aglowy is an adjective used to describe something suffused with light or radiating a warm glow. Because it is not widely attested in standard dictionaries, aglowy is typically regarded as a neologism or nonce word found in creative writing, poetry, or glossaries intended to illustrate a sense rather than to establish a widely used term. Etymology: the form appears to be built from the adjective aglow, with the suffix -y that yields aglowy as a descriptive epithet. It reflects a pattern seen in similar coinages, though it remains rare and informal.

Usage: aglowy is most often used in literary or descriptive contexts to intensify the sense of illumination. It is commonly placed before a noun or used predicatively: the aglowy room, a sunset aglowy with amber light. It should be distinguished from aglow, which is the base adjective meaning glowing, and from glowy, which is more casual, or from glowing in standard usage.

Examples: The street was aglowy with lanterns. The cave walls were aglowy, casting long shadows on the rocks.

See also: aglow, glow, luminous, radiant.

Note: As a rarely used term, aglowy may appear in experimental writing or lexicographic demonstrations of word formation rather than as a standard vocabulary item.