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moonbathe en · VERB

Etymology

From moon + bathe, modelled on sunbathe.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To expose one's body to moonlight in order to relax, or in the belief that it has restorative effects. (Compare sunbathe.)
   • “Next time you decide to moonbathe on the rooftop at midnight, do me a favor and put your jacket on.” I swung open the door. “Only if you put on your hat.” kicked off my shoes, removed my weapons, flung my bra [off...] 2017, Dannika Dark, Ravenheart (Crossbreed Series: Book 2):
   • "Moonbathing gives my body a nice even bronze coloring," says Cyndi Grenwal, a 17-year-old high school senior. "And I don't have to worry about ultraviolet rays giving me sunburn or skin cancer. 1995 May 23, Weekly World News, volume 16, number 34, page 11:
   • Shall I moonbathe tonight? Or sit in the summerhouse With Côtes de Beaune and spiders? Shall I read by flickering light From a bug […] 2004, Marco Fazzini, Resisting Alterities: Wilson Harris and Other Avatars of Otherness, Rodopi, →ISBN, page 75:
   • As the full moon approached, people would bring their sick to the lake shore to moonbathe, so that the moonlight would shine brightly on them near the water. 2016, Ruth Marshall, Limerick Folk Tales, The History Press, →ISBN:
   • Next, moonbathe, especially under the full moon, as this helps regulate and bring on the cycle, […] 2013, Lesley Tierra, Healing with the Herbs of Life: Hundreds of Herbal Remedies, Therapies, and Preparations, Crossing Press, →ISBN, page 258:

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