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Aubadoiroh-bah-dwahr

n. The otherworldly atmosphere just before 5 a.m., when the bleary melodrama of an extremely late night becomes awkwardly conflated with the industrious fluorescence of a very early morning.

Etymology

French aubade, an ode to the morning + abattoir, slaughterhouse.

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