gaslit

[ gas-lit ]

/ ˈgæsˌlɪt /

adjective

having illumination provided by burning gas: gaslit streets.

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

Nearby words

gasify, gaskell, gasket, gaskin, gaslight, gaslit, gasman, gasogene, gasohol, gasolene, gasolier

Origin of gaslit

First recorded in 1830–40; gas + lit¹

Definition for gaslit (2 of 2)

gaslight

[ gas-lahyt ]

/ ˈgæsˌlaɪt /

noun

light produced by the combustion of illuminating gas.

a gas burner or gas jet for producing this kind of light.

adjective

gaslit(def 2).

verb (used with object), gas·light·ed or gas·lit, gas·light·ing.

to cause (a person) to doubt his or her sanity through the use of psychological manipulation: How do you know if your partner is gaslighting you?

Origin of gaslight

1800–10; gas + light¹; def 4 in reference to the 1944 movie Gaslight, in which an abusive husband secretly and repeatedly dims and brightens the gaslights in the house while accusing his wife of imagining the flickering

Related forms

gas·light·ed, gas·lit, adjectivegas·light·ing, noun

Examples from the Web for gaslit

Something very energetic, certainly—to seize some drugs, perhaps, and rush excitedly with him through the gaslit streets.
The Man from Archangel|A. Conan Doyle
Captain George Percy Cavendish, standing at the window, looking abstractedly out at the starlit and gaslit street, was thinking.
A Changed Heart|May Agnes Fleming
Acting on impulse at last, she took council with John, securing him as her companion in the gaslit walk from a concert.
Magnum Bonum|Charlotte M. Yonge
In this gaslit gut of a place, which was as narrow and circumscribed as a gallery in a mine, one was well-nigh suffocated.
Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille|Emile Zola

In the gaslit kitchen, surrounded by steaming linen, Victoria wrote a little feverish note in pencil.
A Bed of Roses|W. L. George

British Dictionary definitions for gaslit

gaslight

/ (ˈɡæsˌlaɪt) /

noun

a type of lamp in which the illumination is produced by an incandescent mantle heated by a jet of gas

the light produced by such a lamp

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