moonlit

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
12
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈmuːnˌlɪt/

Definition of moonlit

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Lit by moonlight.
    “Near-synonym: moonful”
    “But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat’s-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.”
    “People dispersed under a moonlit sky, with many saying they would return when the legislature resumes next week.”

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Etymology

From moon + lit. Compare Saterland Frisian mouneljoacht (“moonlit”), West Frisian moanneljocht (“moonlit”), Dutch maanverlicht (“moonlit”), Danish månelys (“moonlit”), Swedish månljus (“moonlit”).

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