moonbathed
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Since 1904 or earlier; figurative, conceiving moonlight as if it were a fluid that can bathe (immerse) something.
Adjective[edit]
moonbathed (not comparable)
- Well lit up by moonlight; brightly moonlit.
- 1930, Sax Rohmer, The Day the World Ended, published 1969, page xiii. 116:
- I saw a moon-bathed nightscape.
Coordinate terms[edit]
- sunbathed (adj)
Etymology 2[edit]
Since 1940s or later; moonbathe (intransitive verb) is modeled after sunbathe (intransitive verb).
Verb[edit]
moonbathed
- simple past and past participle of moonbathe (“lie out under the moonlight”)