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/əˈɡloʊ/
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Aglow describes something or someone shining softly with light, warmth, or emotion — like a candle's gentle flame or a person's face lit up by joy or passion. It’s often used poetically or vividly to convey inner or outer radiance.
Her face was aglow with happiness as she opened the birthday gift.
The city skyline was aglow with thousands of lights on New Year's Eve.
He stood aglow in the golden sunset, silhouetted against the fiery sky.
The fireplace embers were still aglow long after everyone had gone to bed.
She looked aglow with confidence during her award acceptance speech.
a-
Comes from Old English and Germanic prefix 'a-', meaning 'on', 'in', or 'in a state of'. It often functions as an intensifier or indicates a state or condition. Examples include alive, afar, apart, abed, afloat, agape, ablaze, aglow.
glōw
Comes from Old English 'glōwan', meaning 'to shine', 'to emit light or warmth', or 'to be radiant'. It is a native Germanic root (not Latin or Greek) denoting luminous emission, heat, or emotional radiance. Examples include glow, glowing, glower (originally 'to stare with glowing eyes'), and aglow.