Etymology

unlight

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Today it means: To extinguish, turn off, or dim the light from Full definition →

Middle English *unlighten
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unlight · verb, noun1

  1. Middle English · inherited from*unlighten
  2. English todayunlight

From un- + light or, in the case of the verb, perhaps from Middle English *unlighten (suggested by past participle unlight, unlyght, unliȝt (“unlit”)), equivalent to un- + light.

unlight · verb2

  1. Middle English · inherited fromunlighten“to lighten the burden of; alleviate; dismount from horseback”
  2. English todayunlight

From Middle English unlighten (“to lighten the burden of; alleviate; dismount from horseback”), equivalent to un- + light (“to alight”).

unlight · adjective3

  1. Middle English · inherited fromunlight
  2. English todayunlight

From Middle English unlight, unlyght, unliȝt (“not light (in weight)”), equivalent to un- + light.

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