Definition of Moonlight

1. Noun. The light of the Moon. "The Moon was bright enough to read by"

Exact synonyms: Moon, Moonshine
Generic synonyms: Light, Visible Light, Visible Radiation
Terms within: Moon Ray, Moon-ray, Moonbeam
Derivative terms: Moony

2. Verb. Work a second job, usually after hours. "The law student is moonlighting as a taxi driver"
Generic synonyms: Do Work, Work
Derivative terms: Moonlighter

Definition of Moonlight

1. n. The light of the moon.

Definition of Moonlight

1. Noun. The light reflected from the moon.''Webster's College Dictionary'', Random House, 2001 ¹

2. Noun. (context: attributive) Illuminated by the light from the moon.''The Illustrated Oxford Dictionary'', Oxford University Press, 1998 ¹

3. Verb. To work at a secondary job, often in the evening or during the night. In American English, simply secondary employment,Mish, Drederick C. (ed.). 1995. ''Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.'' 10th ed. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster. but in British English implying working secretly (i.e., not paying tax on the extra money earned).Treffry, Diana (ed.). 1999. ''Collins Paperback English Dictionary.'' 4th ed. Glasgow: HarperCollins. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Moonlight

1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Moonlight

moonier
moonies
mooniest
moonily
mooniness
mooninesses
mooning
moonings
moonish
moonishly
moonless
moonlessly
moonlessness
moonlet
moonlets
moonlight (current term)
moonlighted
moonlighter
moonlighters
moonlighting
moonlights
moonlike
moonling
moonlings
moonlit
moonly
moonpool
moonpools
moonport
moonports

Literary usage of Moonlight

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1921)
"moonlight SCHOOLS From red brush uplands, thatched with sassafras, And fields of broom-sage comes a motley class Of uncouth young and wizened old, in rough, ..."

2. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Franklin Benjamin Sanborn (1803)
"NIGHT AND moonlight CHANCING to take a memorable walk by moonlight some years ago, I resolved to take more such walks, and make acquaintance with another ..."

3. The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy (1917)
"CHAPTER V THROUGH THE moonlight The next evening the mummers were assembled in the same spot, awaiting the entrance of the Turkish Knight. ..."

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