moonlightn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈmuːnlʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈmunˌlaɪt/

Forms: see moon n.¹ and light n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: moon n.¹, light n.¹

Etymology: < moon n.¹ + light n.¹

A. n.

a. The light of the moon; the moon's radiance. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > moonlight

moonlightc1300

moona1393

moonshinec1425

night-shine1648

moonglow1860

c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 534 (MED) Leden him with þe to-nicht, Þan þou sest se Mone lith.

c1390 G. Chaucer Sir Thopas 2070 His brydel as the sonne shon, Or as the moone light.

a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 1010 Ne she was derk ne broun, but bright And cleer as the mone lyght.

c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 166 In þe nyȝt folwyng, be þe monelyȝt, a knyȝt..cam rydyng homwarde.

a1560 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Æneid ii Came Iphitus vnto my side, by moonelight met by chaunce.

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice v. i. 54 How sweet the moone-light sleepes vpon this banke.

1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 lxviii. 18 Till the last streaks of dying day withdrew, And doubtful Moon-light did our rage deceive.

1766 Philos. Trans. 1765 (Royal Soc.) 55 311 I saw the comet, but could form no judgment as to its appearances, because of the moon-light.

1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 87 Beside the portal doors, Buttress'd from moonlight, stands he.

1874 F. W. Farrar Silence & Voices of God ii. 30 This pale moonlight of a utilitarian or rational morality.

1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters 7 A tall ship lying anchored in the moonlight.

1908 Busy Man's Mag. Mar. 63/2 He economized, sleeping in the moonlight upon a park bench and following the marvels of the water front by day.

1999 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Apr. 224/2 A web of moonlight played through eucalyptus leaves.

†b. Heraldry. A pattern of moons scattered over the field of a banner. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

a1475 (a1450) Tournam. of Tottenham (Harl.) (1930) 153 (MED) Þayr baners were ful bryȝt..Þe cheuerone..Poudred with mone-lyȝt.

c. The silvery colour of the light of the moon, esp. as a shade in fabrics. Now rare.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [noun] > silveriness

silver1481

argentry1852

silveriness1856

moonlight1904

1904 Daily Chron. 2 Sept. 8/3 A magnificent mantle..made of radium-coloured taffetas mousseline, the blue, pink, and moonlight shades of which mingle with one another.

1922 Daily Mail 18 Dec. 1 (advt.) In the following colours: Turquoise, Mastic, Moonlight, Silver, [etc.].

1927 Daily Tel. 26 Apr. 13 (advt.) Following shades: Sapphire, Moonlight, Bois de Rose, [etc.].

d. allusively. moonlight and roses: a situation, atmosphere, etc., characterized by sentimentality or romance.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [noun] > used allusively of romantic atmosphere

moonlight and roses1935

1925 B. Black & N. Moret (title of song) Moonlight and roses.]

1935 C. Odets Awake & Sing! iii. 111 Come away. A certain place where it's moonlight and roses. We'll lay down, count stars... You lay under the trees. Champagne flows.

1942 Amer. Speech 17 58 The moonlight-and-roses kind of Civil War play.

1959 Encounter Apr. 79/1 In Look Homeward Angel we have the romanticised figure of Laura James, the moonlight-and-roses woven about her.

1984 Sears, Roebuck Catal. Spring–Summer 376 Moonlight and roses, champagne on ice.

†2.

a. A painting or picture of a moonlit scene. Obsolete.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [noun] > a painting of a night-scene

night-piece1608

moonlight1753

night scenea1798

nocturne1872

nightscape1915

1753 Scots Mag. May 263/2 A moon-light, from Van Bosman.

1782 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 3) III. iv. 243 A small moon-light.

1803 B. Greatheed Jrnl. 27 Feb. (1953) vii. 73 He has about 2 moonlights but they are moonlight in the sky and daylight on the ground.

b. U.S. An excursion made by moonlight. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1886 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 13 Aug. 3/7 To-night the fourth in the series of moonlights will be made.

3. British regional. = moonshine n. 4. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > [noun] > illicit spirits

moonshine1782

moonlight1809

Jack1816

sly grog (seller, etc.)1829

busthead1851

hooch1897

jackass1921

moon1921

samogon1928

shine1933

shinny1934

Hokonui1947

1809 W. Scott Poacher 81 Yon cask holds moonlight, run when moon was none.

1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet III. vi. 163 A cask of moonlight.

1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Moon-light, Moon-shine, a mere pretence, an illusive shadow. Also smuggled whiskey. Thanks to the malt and other taxes for this neologism.

1988 J. Lavers Dict. Isle of Wight Dial. 56 Moonlight, smuggled spirit.

†4. U.S. College slang. A prize competition in oratory; (also) a contender in such a competition. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1851 B. H. Hall Coll. College Words 210 Moonlight. At Williams College, the prize rhetorical exercise is called by this name; the reason is not given. The students speak of ‘making a rush for moonlight’, i.e. of attempting to gain the prize for elocution.

1854 Boston Evening Traveller 12 July 1/3 In the evening comes Moonlight Exhibition, when three men..exhibit their oratorical powers.

1860 C. Durfee Hist. Williams Coll. 104 Those who receive the appointment to speak for the prize have always..been called ‘Moonlights’.

5. colloquial. = moonlight flit n. at Compounds 2. Esp. in to do a moonlight.

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the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun] > stealthy

moonlight flitting1721

mizzle1789

sneak1819

moonlight flit1824

guy1889

moonlight1958

1958 G. Bellairs Corpse at Carnival ix. 131 His bags has gone... He's packed up... Done a moonlight as likely as not.

1971 R. Parkes Line of Fire xvi. 149 It's no good him trying to find 'em... Done a moonlight, they did.

1983 J. Kelman Not not while Giro 13 Think I will do a moonlight tonight, I mean five weeks rent—he has cause for complaint.

B. adj. (attributive).

Illuminated by or bathed in moonlight; conducted or taking place by the light of the moon; moonlit.

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the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [adjective] > resembling moonlight > moonlit

moonlight1584

moonshine1587

moonshiny1602

moonshining1638

moony1648

moonlit1783

moon-bright1790

moonlighted1811

mooned1831

moon-litten1845

1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft x. ix. 186 Riding in a moone light night.

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream ii. i. 141 If you will..see our Moonelight Reuelles, goe with vs.

1704 Boston News-let. 13 Nov. 2/1 In a clear Moon light night.

1797 A. Radcliffe Italian II. i. 42 The gate opened at once upon the moonlight mountains.

1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 89 A little moonlight room, Pale, lattic'd, chill.

1877 H. E. H. King Disciples: Ugo Bassi i. 51 The moonlight spires Of asphodel rose out of glossy tufts In straight white armies.

1926 H. C. Witwer Roughly Speaking 302 The barber shop quartette harmonizers and moonlight necking parties on the boat deck.

1988 ‘R. Deacon’ Spyclopaedia 317 He made a moonlight getaway.

2002 A. Clarke Polished Hoe (2003) i. 73 Playing games!.. One moonlight night, remember?

Compounds

C1.

moonlight-chequered adj.

ΚΠ

1762 T. Warton On Birth Prince of Wales 48 The cloister's moonlight-chequer'd floor.

1883 L. Morris Songs Unsung 67 A moonlight chequered avenue.

moonlight-coloured adj.

ΚΠ

1820 P. B. Shelley Sensitive Plant in Prometheus Unbound 159 The wand-like lily..lifted up..its moonlight-coloured cup.

1880 A. C. Swinburne Birthday Ode in Songs Springtides 38 With moonlight-coloured gold And rays refract from the oldworld heaven of time.

1931 V. Woolf Waves 60 I will..pick flowers, green cowbind and the moonlight-coloured May.

moonlight-kissed adj.

ΚΠ

1874 R. Buchanan Poet. Wks. I. 56 Till, sweet with greenness, moonlight-kiss'd, she wanders home again.

C2.

moonlight flit n. the act of leaving one's accommodation without paying the rent; the removal of household goods by night to avoid paying rent; (hence) a hurried departure or escape by night.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun] > stealthy

moonlight flitting1721

mizzle1789

sneak1819

moonlight flit1824

guy1889

moonlight1958

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > [noun] > a house > moving house > by night to avoid paying rent

moonlight flitting1721

moonlight flit1824

1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ 93 Moon-light flit.

1866 Athenæum 13 Oct. 474 Probably Walkden wished to have his rent before it was due, that he might be safe against ‘a moonlight flit’.

1969 Listener 27 Mar. 424/3 Very often we were living somewhere and couldn't pay the rent, so we had to indulge in what was known as a moonlight flit with what furniture and goods were available.

1989 Which? July 328/2 Cats are far more likely to do a ‘moonlight flit’ from boarding kennels than dogs.

moonlight flitting n. Scottish (now rare) = moonlight flit n.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > [noun] > a house > moving house > by night to avoid paying rent

moonlight flitting1721

moonlight flit1824

1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 145 He has taken a Moon light flitting.

1821 J. Galt Ann. Parish xxxi. 263 He was fain to make a moonlight flitting, leaving his wife for a time to manage his affairs.

1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker v. 79 In the excellent Scots' phrase, I made a moonlight flitting, a thing never dignified.

moonlight lustre n. a lustrous quality reminiscent of moonlight; esp. a lustre glaze with a marbled effect used on porcelain in the early 19th cent., spec. by the Wedgwood factory.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > painting or coating materials > [noun] > glaze > for ceramics or pottery > types of

steel lustre1829

moonlight lustre1837

stone-oil1838

silver lustre1845

porcelain enamel1852

marzacotto1873

overglaze1880

under-glaze1882

coperta1885

tiger's-eye1893

tin-glaze1897

hare's fur1899

lead-glaze1899

tin-enamel1900

rouge flambé1902

Sunderland lustre1903

transmutation glaze1904

Mohammedan blue1905

peach bloom1937

sang-de-bœuf1957

lead-lustre-

1837 Southern Literary Messenger 3 754 In an apartment encrusted with jewels, and ornamented with lamps of moonlight lustre.

1924 H. Barnard Chats on Wedgwood Ware ix. 236 Lustre ware was not made until the beginning of the nineteenth century, when some very beautiful effects were produced, including the one which has since been called ‘Moonlight’.]

1966 G. A. Godden Illustr. Encycl. Brit. Pottery & Porcelain p. xxiv Messrs Wedgwood introduced a decorative type of marbled pink or purple ‘gold’ lustre called ‘Moonlight Lustre’.

1970 Times 7 Oct. 10/6 This type of service was first made around 1820 and only the early examples, like that sold yesterday, are splashed in a pink glaze known as moonlight lustre.

moonlight wanderer n. colloquial rare a person who performs a moonlight flit; = fly-by-night n. 1.

ΚΠ

1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang 120 Moonlight wanderers, or ‘fly-by-night’ persons, who cheat their landlords and run away by night.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

moonlightv.

Brit.

/ˈmuːnlʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈmunˌlaɪt/

Inflections: Past tense and past participle moonlighted, moonlit;

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: moonlight n.

Etymology: < moonlight n. In sense 1 probably after moonlighter n. In sense 2 after moonlight flit n. at moonlight n. and adj. Compounds 2.

1. intransitive. To engage in moonlighting (moonlighting n. 2); to conduct a raid by night. Also transitive (in passive): to be attacked by moonlighters. Cf. moonlighting n. 2. Now historical.

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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make attack [verb (intransitive)] > specific attack on persons or property in Ireland

moonlight1887

1887 Times 26 Feb. 8/3 Eight men were..charged with moonlighting... The accused were not moonlighting.

1887 Spectator 15 Oct. 1376 An Irish tenant pays this rather than be moonlighted.

2. intransitive. colloquial. To depart hurriedly by night; to do a moonlight flit.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > inhabit type of place [verb (intransitive)] > inhabit house > move house > by night to avoid paying rent

to shove the moon1809

to shoot (also bolt, shove) the moon1812

to shoot the moon1836

moonlight1903

1903 Eng. Dial. Dict. Moonlight, v., to leave a house or decamp in the night to avoid paying rent, &c.

1971 A. Nixon Attack on Vienna vii. 71 He moonlit out of his luxury flat..and moved into a boarding-house.

3. intransitive. colloquial (originally U.S.). To do paid work in addition to one's regular employment; to take on a subsidiary job in order to supplement one's income. Cf. moonlighting n. 3.Sometimes understood as referring to work which is not declared for tax purposes, or otherwise irregular.

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society > occupation and work > working > [verb (intransitive)] > work at subsidiary occupation > at night

moonlight1957

1957 Time 22 July 70 The amount a man makes on his regular job does not necessarily determine whether he moonlights.

1960 Economist 12 Nov. 657/1 The firemen and police have long been supplementing their pay..by ‘moonlighting’, that is, by taking outside paid work.

1970 P. Carlon Death by Demonstration xvi. 175 You think I moonlight? Believe me, one job's enough.

1982 A. S. Dale Outl. Sanity v. 57 He began to work days at one job and moonlight at another.

1992 i-D July 53/3 The housewife who whiles away those boring afternoons by moonlighting in the local brothel.

1997 City Paper (Baltimore) 21 May 38/2 A publisher who moonlights as a playwright, he pens ‘mostly light stuff’ that appears on university stages.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	moonlight
释义	moonlightn.adj. Brit. /ˈmuːnlʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈmunˌlaɪt/ Forms: see moon n.¹ and light n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: moon n.¹, light n.¹ Etymology: < moon n.¹ + light n.¹ A. n. 1. a. The light of the moon; the moon's radiance. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > moonlight moonlightc1300 moona1393 moonshinec1425 night-shine1648 moonglow1860 c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 534 (MED) Leden him with þe to-nicht, Þan þou sest se Mone lith. c1390 G. Chaucer Sir Thopas 2070 His brydel as the sonne shon, Or as the moone light. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 1010 Ne she was derk ne broun, but bright And cleer as the mone lyght. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 166 In þe nyȝt folwyng, be þe monelyȝt, a knyȝt..cam rydyng homwarde. a1560 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Æneid ii Came Iphitus vnto my side, by moonelight met by chaunce. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice v. i. 54 How sweet the moone-light sleepes vpon this banke. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 lxviii. 18 Till the last streaks of dying day withdrew, And doubtful Moon-light did our rage deceive. 1766 Philos. Trans. 1765 (Royal Soc.) 55 311 I saw the comet, but could form no judgment as to its appearances, because of the moon-light. 1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 87 Beside the portal doors, Buttress'd from moonlight, stands he. 1874 F. W. Farrar Silence & Voices of God ii. 30 This pale moonlight of a utilitarian or rational morality. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters 7 A tall ship lying anchored in the moonlight. 1908 Busy Man's Mag. Mar. 63/2 He economized, sleeping in the moonlight upon a park bench and following the marvels of the water front by day. 1999 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Apr. 224/2 A web of moonlight played through eucalyptus leaves. †b. Heraldry. A pattern of moons scattered over the field of a banner. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ a1475 (a1450) Tournam. of Tottenham (Harl.) (1930) 153 (MED) Þayr baners were ful bryȝt..Þe cheuerone..Poudred with mone-lyȝt. c. The silvery colour of the light of the moon, esp. as a shade in fabrics. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [noun] > silveriness silver1481 argentry1852 silveriness1856 moonlight1904 1904 Daily Chron. 2 Sept. 8/3 A magnificent mantle..made of radium-coloured taffetas mousseline, the blue, pink, and moonlight shades of which mingle with one another. 1922 Daily Mail 18 Dec. 1 (advt.) In the following colours: Turquoise, Mastic, Moonlight, Silver, [etc.]. 1927 Daily Tel. 26 Apr. 13 (advt.) Following shades: Sapphire, Moonlight, Bois de Rose, [etc.]. d. allusively. moonlight and roses: a situation, atmosphere, etc., characterized by sentimentality or romance. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [noun] > used allusively of romantic atmosphere moonlight and roses1935 1925 B. Black & N. Moret (title of song) Moonlight and roses.] 1935 C. Odets Awake & Sing! iii. 111 Come away. A certain place where it's moonlight and roses. We'll lay down, count stars... You lay under the trees. Champagne flows. 1942 Amer. Speech 17 58 The moonlight-and-roses kind of Civil War play. 1959 Encounter Apr. 79/1 In Look Homeward Angel we have the romanticised figure of Laura James, the moonlight-and-roses woven about her. 1984 Sears, Roebuck Catal. Spring–Summer 376 Moonlight and roses, champagne on ice. †2. a. A painting or picture of a moonlit scene. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [noun] > a painting of a night-scene night-piece1608 moonlight1753 night scenea1798 nocturne1872 nightscape1915 1753 Scots Mag. May 263/2 A moon-light, from Van Bosman. 1782 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 3) III. iv. 243 A small moon-light. 1803 B. Greatheed Jrnl. 27 Feb. (1953) vii. 73 He has about 2 moonlights but they are moonlight in the sky and daylight on the ground. b. U.S. An excursion made by moonlight. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1886 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 13 Aug. 3/7 To-night the fourth in the series of moonlights will be made. 3. British regional. = moonshine n. 4. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > [noun] > illicit spirits moonshine1782 moonlight1809 Jack1816 sly grog (seller, etc.)1829 busthead1851 hooch1897 jackass1921 moon1921 samogon1928 shine1933 shinny1934 Hokonui1947 1809 W. Scott Poacher 81 Yon cask holds moonlight, run when moon was none. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet III. vi. 163 A cask of moonlight. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Moon-light, Moon-shine, a mere pretence, an illusive shadow. Also smuggled whiskey. Thanks to the malt and other taxes for this neologism. 1988 J. Lavers Dict. Isle of Wight Dial. 56 Moonlight, smuggled spirit. †4. U.S. College slang. A prize competition in oratory; (also) a contender in such a competition. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1851 B. H. Hall Coll. College Words 210 Moonlight. At Williams College, the prize rhetorical exercise is called by this name; the reason is not given. The students speak of ‘making a rush for moonlight’, i.e. of attempting to gain the prize for elocution. 1854 Boston Evening Traveller 12 July 1/3 In the evening comes Moonlight Exhibition, when three men..exhibit their oratorical powers. 1860 C. Durfee Hist. Williams Coll. 104 Those who receive the appointment to speak for the prize have always..been called ‘Moonlights’. 5. colloquial. = moonlight flit n. at Compounds 2. Esp. in to do a moonlight. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun] > stealthy moonlight flitting1721 mizzle1789 sneak1819 moonlight flit1824 guy1889 moonlight1958 1958 G. Bellairs Corpse at Carnival ix. 131 His bags has gone... He's packed up... Done a moonlight as likely as not. 1971 R. Parkes Line of Fire xvi. 149 It's no good him trying to find 'em... Done a moonlight, they did. 1983 J. Kelman Not not while Giro 13 Think I will do a moonlight tonight, I mean five weeks rent—he has cause for complaint. B. adj. (attributive). Illuminated by or bathed in moonlight; conducted or taking place by the light of the moon; moonlit. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [adjective] > resembling moonlight > moonlit moonlight1584 moonshine1587 moonshiny1602 moonshining1638 moony1648 moonlit1783 moon-bright1790 moonlighted1811 mooned1831 moon-litten1845 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft x. ix. 186 Riding in a moone light night. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream ii. i. 141 If you will..see our Moonelight Reuelles, goe with vs. View more context for this quotation 1704 Boston News-let. 13 Nov. 2/1 In a clear Moon light night. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian II. i. 42 The gate opened at once upon the moonlight mountains. 1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 89 A little moonlight room, Pale, lattic'd, chill. 1877 H. E. H. King Disciples: Ugo Bassi i. 51 The moonlight spires Of asphodel rose out of glossy tufts In straight white armies. 1926 H. C. Witwer Roughly Speaking 302 The barber shop quartette harmonizers and moonlight necking parties on the boat deck. 1988 ‘R. Deacon’ Spyclopaedia 317 He made a moonlight getaway. 2002 A. Clarke Polished Hoe (2003) i. 73 Playing games!.. One moonlight night, remember? Compounds C1. moonlight-chequered adj. ΚΠ 1762 T. Warton On Birth Prince of Wales 48 The cloister's moonlight-chequer'd floor. 1883 L. Morris Songs Unsung 67 A moonlight chequered avenue. moonlight-coloured adj. ΚΠ 1820 P. B. Shelley Sensitive Plant in Prometheus Unbound 159 The wand-like lily..lifted up..its moonlight-coloured cup. 1880 A. C. Swinburne Birthday Ode in Songs Springtides 38 With moonlight-coloured gold And rays refract from the oldworld heaven of time. 1931 V. Woolf Waves 60 I will..pick flowers, green cowbind and the moonlight-coloured May. moonlight-kissed adj. ΚΠ 1874 R. Buchanan Poet. Wks. I. 56 Till, sweet with greenness, moonlight-kiss'd, she wanders home again. C2. moonlight flit n. the act of leaving one's accommodation without paying the rent; the removal of household goods by night to avoid paying rent; (hence) a hurried departure or escape by night. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun] > stealthy moonlight flitting1721 mizzle1789 sneak1819 moonlight flit1824 guy1889 moonlight1958 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > [noun] > a house > moving house > by night to avoid paying rent moonlight flitting1721 moonlight flit1824 1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ 93 Moon-light flit. 1866 Athenæum 13 Oct. 474 Probably Walkden wished to have his rent before it was due, that he might be safe against ‘a moonlight flit’. 1969 Listener 27 Mar. 424/3 Very often we were living somewhere and couldn't pay the rent, so we had to indulge in what was known as a moonlight flit with what furniture and goods were available. 1989 Which? July 328/2 Cats are far more likely to do a ‘moonlight flit’ from boarding kennels than dogs. moonlight flitting n. Scottish (now rare) = moonlight flit n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > [noun] > a house > moving house > by night to avoid paying rent moonlight flitting1721 moonlight flit1824 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 145 He has taken a Moon light flitting. 1821 J. Galt Ann. Parish xxxi. 263 He was fain to make a moonlight flitting, leaving his wife for a time to manage his affairs. 1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker v. 79 In the excellent Scots' phrase, I made a moonlight flitting, a thing never dignified. moonlight lustre n. a lustrous quality reminiscent of moonlight; esp. a lustre glaze with a marbled effect used on porcelain in the early 19th cent., spec. by the Wedgwood factory. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > painting or coating materials > [noun] > glaze > for ceramics or pottery > types of steel lustre1829 moonlight lustre1837 stone-oil1838 silver lustre1845 porcelain enamel1852 marzacotto1873 overglaze1880 under-glaze1882 coperta1885 tiger's-eye1893 tin-glaze1897 hare's fur1899 lead-glaze1899 tin-enamel1900 rouge flambé1902 Sunderland lustre1903 transmutation glaze1904 Mohammedan blue1905 peach bloom1937 sang-de-bœuf1957 lead-lustre- 1837 Southern Literary Messenger 3 754 In an apartment encrusted with jewels, and ornamented with lamps of moonlight lustre. 1924 H. Barnard Chats on Wedgwood Ware ix. 236 Lustre ware was not made until the beginning of the nineteenth century, when some very beautiful effects were produced, including the one which has since been called ‘Moonlight’.] 1966 G. A. Godden Illustr. Encycl. Brit. Pottery & Porcelain p. xxiv Messrs Wedgwood introduced a decorative type of marbled pink or purple ‘gold’ lustre called ‘Moonlight Lustre’. 1970 Times 7 Oct. 10/6 This type of service was first made around 1820 and only the early examples, like that sold yesterday, are splashed in a pink glaze known as moonlight lustre. moonlight wanderer n. colloquial rare a person who performs a moonlight flit; = fly-by-night n. 1. ΚΠ 1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang 120 Moonlight wanderers, or ‘fly-by-night’ persons, who cheat their landlords and run away by night. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). moonlightv. Brit. /ˈmuːnlʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈmunˌlaɪt/ Inflections: Past tense and past participle moonlighted, moonlit; Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: moonlight n. Etymology: < moonlight n. In sense 1 probably after moonlighter n. In sense 2 after moonlight flit n. at moonlight n. and adj. Compounds 2. 1. intransitive. To engage in moonlighting (moonlighting n. 2); to conduct a raid by night. Also transitive (in passive): to be attacked by moonlighters. Cf. moonlighting n. 2. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make attack [verb (intransitive)] > specific attack on persons or property in Ireland moonlight1887 1887 Times 26 Feb. 8/3 Eight men were..charged with moonlighting... The accused were not moonlighting. 1887 Spectator 15 Oct. 1376 An Irish tenant pays this rather than be moonlighted. 2. intransitive. colloquial. To depart hurriedly by night; to do a moonlight flit. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > inhabit type of place [verb (intransitive)] > inhabit house > move house > by night to avoid paying rent to shove the moon1809 to shoot (also bolt, shove) the moon1812 to shoot the moon1836 moonlight1903 1903 Eng. Dial. Dict. Moonlight, v., to leave a house or decamp in the night to avoid paying rent, &c. 1971 A. Nixon Attack on Vienna vii. 71 He moonlit out of his luxury flat..and moved into a boarding-house. 3. intransitive. colloquial (originally U.S.). To do paid work in addition to one's regular employment; to take on a subsidiary job in order to supplement one's income. Cf. moonlighting n. 3.Sometimes understood as referring to work which is not declared for tax purposes, or otherwise irregular. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > [verb (intransitive)] > work at subsidiary occupation > at night moonlight1957 1957 Time 22 July 70 The amount a man makes on his regular job does not necessarily determine whether he moonlights. 1960 Economist 12 Nov. 657/1 The firemen and police have long been supplementing their pay..by ‘moonlighting’, that is, by taking outside paid work. 1970 P. Carlon Death by Demonstration xvi. 175 You think I moonlight? Believe me, one job's enough. 1982 A. S. Dale Outl. Sanity v. 57 He began to work days at one job and moonlight at another. 1992 i-D July 53/3 The housewife who whiles away those boring afternoons by moonlighting in the local brothel. 1997 City Paper (Baltimore) 21 May 38/2 A publisher who moonlights as a playwright, he pens ‘mostly light stuff’ that appears on university stages. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.c1300v.1887
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