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moonlight

[ moon-lahyt ]

noun

  1. the light of the moon.


adjective

  1. pertaining to moonlight.
  2. illuminated by moonlight.
  3. occurring by moonlight, or at night.

verb (used without object)

moonlighted, moonlighting.
  1. to work at an additional job after one's regular, full-time employment, as at night.

moonlight

/ ˈːˌɪ /

noun

  1. Also calledmoonshine light from the sun received on earth after reflection by the moon
  2. modifier illuminated by the moon

    a moonlight walk

  3. short for moonlight flit
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. informal.
    intr to work at a secondary job, esp at night, and often illegitimately
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈǴDzˌٱ, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ǴDzle noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of moonlight1

1325–75; 1950–55 moonlight fordef 5; Middle English monelight
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White light with that cool, bright white appearance, like intense moonlight, actually contains a higher proportion of short-wavelengths, the blue and green part of the visible spectrum.

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His photograph showing people seemingly being guided by moonlight over the summit of Yr Wyddfa, or Snowdon, has been attracting mountains of praise on social media.

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The shells serve a dual purpose — one that is functional, as they decompose to improve the soil quality, and another formal, reflecting moonlight in the evening.

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Despite being shy and inhibited, he began “moonlighting” in the drama department, where, he later wrote, he found himself “fast losing my heart to drama.”

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Philharmonic to moonlight as a drummer at the Dresden Room.

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