moonbathed

English

Etymology 1

Since 1904 or earlier; figurative, conceiving moonlight as if it were a fluid that can bathe (immerse) something.

Adjective

moonbathed (not comparable)

  1. 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.
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Etymology 2

Since 1940s or later; moonbathe (intransitive verb) is modeled after sunbathe (intransitive verb).

Verb

moonbathed

  1. simple past and past participle of moonbathe (“lie out under the moonlight”)
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