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dawnlight en · NOUN

Etymology

From dawn + light.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The light of dawn.
    • It came from the southeast, a distant hissing, a sandwhisper. Presently he saw the faraway outline of the creature’s track against the dawnlight and realized he had never before seen a maker this large, never heard of one this size. It appeared to be more than half a league long, and the rise of the sandwave at its cresting head was like the approach of a mountain. 1965 October 1, Frank Herbert, “Book III: The Prophet”, in Dune, Philadelphia, Pa.: Chilton Book Company; [Toronto], Ont.: Thomas Nelson & Sons, →OCLC, page 385:

Translations (8)

de Dämmerschein (light of dawn) · de Morgendämmerung (light of dawn) · de Dämmerung (light of dawn) · pl jutrznia (light of dawn) · de Dämmerlicht (light of dawn) · de Morgenlicht (light of dawn) · es albor (light of dawn) · fi aamunkoitteen valo (light of dawn)