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[ moon-lahyt ] / ˈmunˌlaɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR moonlight ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivepertaining to moonlight. illuminated by moonlight. occurring by moonlight, or at night. verb (used without object), moon·light·ed, moon·light·ing.to work at an additional job after one's regular, full-time employment, as at night. Origin of moonlight1325–75; 1950–55 for def. 5; Middle English monelight OTHER WORDS FROM moonlightmoonlighter, nounWords nearby moonlightmoonish, moon jellyfish, moon knife, moonlet, moon letter, moonlight, moonlight flit, moonlighting, Moonlight Sonata, moonlit, moon pillar Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for moonlightMagic in the Moonlight really seems to explore the battle between pragmatism and “magic.” Woody Allen on ‘Magic in the Moonlight,’ the Crisis in Gaza, and Those Allegations|Marlow Stern|July 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST Magic in the Moonlight co-stars Colin Firth and Emma Stone paid their respects. Colin Firth and Emma Stone Remember Comedy Legend Elaine Stritch, Who Passed Away Today at 89|Marlow Stern|July 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST In the bed, I found blond hair awash in moonlight: my cousin Sally. ‘Tracing the Blue Light’: Read Chapter 1 of Eileen Cronin’s ‘Mermaid’|Eileen Cronin|April 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST Throne of my lonely niche, my wealth, my love, my moonlight. Cossacks: The Cowboys of Crimea|Kamil Tchorek|March 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Effectively, men and women who once worked to keep guns off of the streets must now moonlight as gun dealers. Gun Fanatics Score Big Victory in North Carolina|Jamelle Bouie|September 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST His face was so beautiful in the moonlight that the little Swallow was filled with pity. Children's Literature|Charles Madison Curry It was moonlight, and the dwarf oak-trees made druid shadows all along the leafy galleries that overhung the pools. The Worshipper of the Image|Richard Le Gallienne He stood idling in the moonlight as he justified himself to this woman. The Zeit-Geist|Lily Dougall Mr. Verrall had strolled out into the moonlight, and was in low, earnest conversation with George Godolphin. The Shadow of Ashlydyat|Mrs. Henry Wood I was rather pleased to find solitude; and undisturbed I found out my lady-love's carriage, in the moonlight. The Room in the Dragon Volant|J. Sheridan LeFanu
British Dictionary definitions for moonlight
nounAlso called: moonshine light from the sun received on earth after reflection by the moon (modifier) illuminated by the moona moonlight walk short for moonlight flit verb -lights, -lighting or -lighted(intr) informal to work at a secondary job, esp at night, and often illegitimately Derived forms of moonlightmoonlighter, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to moonlighteffulgence, radiance, luminescence |