skylighted

[ skahy-lahy-tid ]

adjective

1. having or illuminated by a skylight.

Word History and Origins

Origin of skylighted¹

1875–80; skylight + -ed ³, or reanalyzed as sky + lighted ¹( def ) (past participle)

Example Sentences

The pieces, mostly carved from light-hued wood, lurk behind posts or nestle above eye level, leaving empty the gallery’s skylighted area.

From Washington Post

Over this Correggio glimpse wide stone stairs lead past dungeon-like doors up five flights to the skylighted roof.

From Project Gutenberg