adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of moonlight form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Illuminated by moonlight. not-comparable

   "“It came downstairs as I went up,” said the trooper, “and crossed the moonlighted window with a loose black mantle on […]”"

Synonyms

All synonyms

moonlightmoonlightmoonlitmoonlitmoonshinymoonshiny

Example

More examples

"Tom also moonlighted as a taxi driver."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From moon + lighted.

Etymology 2

From moonlight + -ed.

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