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moonbathed en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

Since 1904 or earlier; figurative, conceiving moonlight as if it were a fluid that can bathe (immerse) something.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Well lit up by moonlight; brightly moonlit.
    • I saw a moon-bathed nightscape. 1930, Sax Rohmer, The Day the World Ended, published 1969, page xiii. 116:

Coordinates

sunbathed

moonbathed en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

Since 1940s or later; moonbathe (intransitive verb) is modeled after sunbathe (intransitive verb).

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of moonbathe (“lie out under the moonlight”)
    form of moonbathe