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Definition of Moonshiny
1. a. Moonlight.
Definition of Moonshiny
1. Adjective. (obsolete) moonlit; lit by moonlight ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Moonshiny
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Moonshiny
Literary usage of Moonshiny
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Joint Select Committee Appointed to Inquire Into the Condition by Luke Potter Poland, John Scott (1872)
"A moonshiny night. The moon was shining bright. Question. What sort of a night
was it ? Answer. Just hollered "Hi! Yi!" like they were hissing a dog on, ..."
2. The American Claimant, and Other Stories and Sketches by Mark Twain (1896)
"Just the same old scheming, generous, good-hearted, moonshiny, hopeful, no-account
failure he always was, and still everybody likes him just as well as if ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"CD Warner, Their Pilgrimage, p.. moonshiny (mon'shi'ni), a. [< moonshine + -y1.]
1. ... I went to see them in a moonshiny night. Additati. ..."
4. American Agriculturist (1848)
"After listening to Sister Lizzy at some length, Mr. Jones grew rather impatient
under the moonshiny lecture, and ventured to suggest that the mineral and ..."
5. Researches Into the Physical History of Mankind by James Cowles Prichard (1851)
"From hence, and from their seeing so clear as they do in a moonshiny night, we
used to call them moon-eyed. For they see not well in the sun, poring in the ..."
6. The Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle (1904)
"... my son, you may j>-: see moonshiny nights, our present state :s not fixed.
Meaning, by moonshiny ..."
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