candleshine

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noun

The light thrown from a lit candle

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Meanings

nouncandleshine (plural candleshines)

plural candleshines

  1. The light thrown from a lit candle

    LOVELOCKS I watched the Lady Caroline Bind up her dark and beauteous hair; Her face was rosy in the glass, And 'twixt the coils her hands would pass, White in the candleshine.

    1920, Walter de la Mare, Collected Poems 1901-1918 in Two Volumes

Origin

From candle + shine.

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Translations

Finnish kynttilänvalo
  • kynttilänvalolight thrown from a lit candle
German Kerzenschein
  • Kerzenscheinlight thrown from a lit candle

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

candleshine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/candleshine

MLA

“candleshine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/candleshine. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “candleshine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/candleshine.

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