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moonlit

American  
[moon-lit] / ˈmunˌlɪt /

adjective

  1. lighted by the moon.


moonlit British  
/ ˈmuːnlɪt /

adjective

  1. illuminated by the moon

"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

Etymology

Origin of moonlit

First recorded in 1820–30; moon + lit 1

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Every familiar object — the chair, the laundry basket, the glass of water beside the bed — seemed to acquire a slightly accusatory moonlit outline.

From Salon Jul. 28, 2026

Fashionable portraits and moonlit landscapes back home, then success with candlelit interiors and portraits of Wright’s friends in the Lunar Society of Enlightenment scientists.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 14, 2026

Grande first delivered a moonlit rendition of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” which Judy Garland famously sang as Dorothy in the movie “The Wizard of Oz.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 2, 2025

A car crashes at a dangerous bend on a clifftop road in Anglesey, North Wales, on a moonlit night in January 1909.

From BBC Sep. 23, 2024

Finally, there was a stand of woods that looked like a solid wall of darkness after the moonlit fields.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler

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