nightscape

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English

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Etymology

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From night +‎ -scape.

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Noun

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nightscape (plural nightscapes)

  1. The nighttime landscape, or a depiction thereof.
    Artificial light has a pronounced effect on the nightscape.
    • 1930, Sax Rohmer, The Day the World Ended, published 1969, page xiii. 116:
      I saw a moon-bathed nightscape.
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