sunlights

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noun

The lighter coloring of hair in the summertime due to exposure to sunlight.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

sunlights1

noun
  1. pluralplural of sunlight

    They did not build ships and beach on alien shores, and carry their flags and standards into new sunlights.

    2011, John Norman, Kur of Gor: Gor, →ISBN
    2 more examples

    This genial melting of prejudices under the soft sunlights falling upon the hearts of the circle, was to me, the charm of this, and of the former evening: and was the best part of the entertainment.

    2007, Amos Bronson Alcott, Karen Ann English, Notes of Conversations, 1848-1875, →ISBN, page 142

    Under the connecting feeling of tropical heat and vertical sunlights I brought together all creatures, birds, beasts, reptiles, all trees and plants, usages and appearances, that are found in all tropical regions, and assembled them together in China or Indostan.

    2010, Thomas De Quincey, Confessions of an Opium Eater, →ISBN, page 96

sunlights2

nounsunlights pl (plural only)
  1. colloquialpluralplural onlyThe lighter coloring of hair in the summertime due to exposure to sunlight.

sunlights3

verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of sunlight

Origin

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APA

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

MLA

“sunlights.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sunlights. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sunlights,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sunlights.

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