sunlit

English

Etymology

From sun +‎ lit.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌnlɪt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌnˌlɪt/
• Hyphenation: sun‧lit

Adjective

sunlit (comparative more sunlit, superlative most sunlit)

1. Illuminated by sunlight.
   • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “Silverside”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 282:

     "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. [James Abbott McNeill] Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects; […]."

Synonyms

• sunlighted

Coordinate terms

• candlelit
• lamplit
• moonlit
• starlit

Derived terms

• sunlit uplands

Translations

illuminated by sunlight

• Bulgarian: огрян от слънце (ogrjan ot slǎnce)
• Greek: ηλιόλουστος (el) m (ilióloustos)
• Spanish: soleado (es)
• Swedish: solbelyst
• Ukrainian: осві́тлений сонцем (osvítlenyj soncem), со́нячний (sónjačnyj), зали́тий со́нцем (zalýtyj sóncem)

Further reading

• sunlight on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• insult, unlist, unslit