sunshot

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UK/ˈsʌnʃɒt/

adjective

Shot through with sunlight.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

adjectivesunshot (comparative more sunshot, superlative most sunshot)

comparative more sunshot · superlative most sunshot

  1. poeticShot through with sunlight.

    Temple stood in the stand, listening to the birds among the sunshot leaves, listening, looking about.

    1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage, published 1993, page 91
    1 more example

    Another revelation of impuberal softness […] was afforded by a photo of her in which she sat in the buff on the grass, combing her sun-shot hair and spreading wide, in false perspective, the lovely legs of a giantess.

    1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill, published 1972, page 41

Origin

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APA

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MLA

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

Chicago

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

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