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moonlit

[ moon-lit ]

/ ˈmunˌlɪt /

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adjective

lighted by the moon.

Origin of moonlit

First recorded in 1820–30; moon + lit¹

Words nearby moonlit

moonlet, moonlight, moonlight flit, moonlight sonata, moonlighting, moonlit, moonprobe, moonquake, moonraker, moonrise, moonrock

Example sentences from the Web for moonlit

He has feasted atop a moonlit tower, with wine and roast lamb hauled up by rope.

Goodbye to My Hero |William Dalrymple |June 20, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
In the moonlit garden as I stood by the limo, and there was menace again.

Courting Brando |Harold Evans |December 19, 2008 |DAILY BEAST
It brought a light to her eyes, and a color to her cheeks, and life and shimmer to her moonlit hair.

The Voice of the Pack |Edison Marshall
The moonlit sky, which shows us its outline only, leaves much to the imagination.

Adventures of a Sixpence in Guernsey by A Native |Anonymous

As they reached the little plot of ground before her house they looked up into the starlit, moonlit sky.

Around the Yule Log |Willis Boyd Allen
One is as fair as a summer morn, the other dark and splendid as a moonlit summer night.

Dainty's Cruel Rivals |Mrs. Alex McVeigh Miller
And thither he went and saw in the gap of the low hills beyond a V-shaped level of moonlit water that glittered and yet lay still.

Mr. Britling Sees It Through |H. G. Wells

British Dictionary definitions for moonlit

moonlit

/ (ˈmuːnlɪt) /

adjective

illuminated by the moon