moonlight
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[edit] Etymology
As a surname Monelight in 1337, as Mone lith about 1300. Compound of mone "moon" + lith "light".[1]
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[edit] Noun
moonlight (uncountable)
- The light reflected from the moon.[2]
- (attributive) Illuminated by the light from the moon.[3]
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light reflected from the moon
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attributive: illuminated by the light from the moon
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[edit] Verb
moonlight (third-person singular simple present moonlights, present participle moonlighting, simple past and past participle moonlighted)
- To work at a secondary job, often in the evening or during the night.[2] In American English, simply secondary employment,[4] but in British English implying working secretly (i.e., not paying tax on the extra money earned).[5]
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to work at a secondary job
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[edit] References
- ^ Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Robert K. Barnhart (ed.), Chambers, 1988
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Webster's College Dictionary, Random House, 2001
- ^ The Illustrated Oxford Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 1998
- ^ Mish, Drederick C. (ed.). 1995. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. 10th ed. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster.
- ^ Treffry, Diana (ed.). 1999. Collins Paperback English Dictionary. 4th ed. Glasgow: HarperCollins.
