moonbathed

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English

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Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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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

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

Verb

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moonbathed

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