Lamplight

//ˈlæmplaɪt// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The light emitted by a lamp. countable, uncountable

    "We sat around reading by lamplight all night."

  2. 2
    light from a lamp wordnet

Example

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"The lamplight flickered one last time, and then it was pitch-dark."

Etymology

From Middle English lampe lyght, laumpe-lyth, lombe-lyȝt, equivalent to lamp + light. Compare West Frisian lampeljocht (“lamplight”), Dutch lamplicht (“lamplight”), German Lampenlicht (“lamplight”), Danish lampelys (“lamplight”), Swedish lampljus (“lamplight”), Icelandic lampaljós (“lamplight”).

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