moonbathed

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adjective

Well lit up by moonlight; brightly moonlit.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

moonbathed1

adjectivemoonbathed (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWell lit up by moonlight; brightly moonlit.

    I saw a moon-bathed nightscape.

    1930, Sax Rohmer, The Day the World Ended, published 1969, page xiii. 116

moonbathed2

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

Origin

moonbathed · adjective

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

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moonbathed · verb

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

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APA

moonbathed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moonbathed

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Chicago

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