Meanings
- no pluralThe reflection of moonlight on a body of water.
I was long puzzled to know why this moonwake always followed as I walked […]
1901, Daniel A. Goodsell, Nature and Character at Granite Bay2 more examples
And they grew and brightened and gathered; and whiles together they ran. Like the moonwake over the waters […]
1922, William Morris, The Story of Sigurd the VolsungMariners sometimes call the moving path of light leading to the moon the moonwake, because it looks like the white wash of a ship's wake.
2006, The Atlantic: Word FugitivesSynonyms: moonglade
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe reflection of moonlight on a body of water.
Origin
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moonwake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moonwake
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