gaslit

[ gas-lit ]

adjective

1. having illumination provided by burning gas:

   gaslit streets.

2. of or resembling a time, especially the 1890s, when gaslight was widely used:

   the gaslit era.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gaslit¹

First recorded in 1830–40; gas + lit ¹

Example Sentences

It was depressing to think of the autumn rain and the dreary gaslit hours of afternoon school.

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Acting on impulse at last, she took council with John, securing him as her companion in the gaslit walk from a concert.

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In the Lese-zimmer, a small gaslit room, with glazed doors opening upon the Musik-saal.

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In the gaslit kitchen, surrounded by steaming linen, Victoria wrote a little feverish note in pencil.

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Something very energetic, certainly—to seize some drugs, perhaps, and rush excitedly with him through the gaslit streets.

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