moonbathe

English

Etymology

moon +‎ bathe, modelled on sunbathe.

Verb

moonbathe (third-person singular simple present moonbathes, present participle moonbathing, simple past and past participle moonbathed)

1. (intransitive) To expose one's body to moonlight in order to relax, or in the belief that it has restorative effects. (Compare sunbathe.)
   • 1995 May 23, Weekly World News, volume 16, number 34, page 11:

     "Moonbathing gives my body a nice even bronze coloring," says Cyndi Grenwal, a 17-year-old high school senior. "And I don't have to worry about ultraviolet rays giving me sunburn or skin cancer.

   • 2004, Marco Fazzini, Resisting Alterities: Wilson Harris and Other Avatars of Otherness, Rodopi, →ISBN, page 75:

     Shall I moonbathe tonight?
     Or sit in the summerhouse
     With Côtes de Beaune and spiders?
     Shall I read by flickering light
     From a bug […]

   • 2013, Lesley Tierra, Healing with the Herbs of Life: Hundreds of Herbal Remedies, Therapies, and Preparations, Crossing Press, →ISBN, page 258:

     Next, moonbathe, especially under the full moon, as this helps regulate and bring on the cycle, […]

   • 2016, Ruth Marshall, Limerick Folk Tales, The History Press, →ISBN:

     As the full moon approached, people would bring their sick to the lake shore to moonbathe, so that the moonlight would shine brightly on them near the water.

   • 2017, Dannika Dark, Ravenheart (Crossbreed Series: Book 2):

     “Next time you decide to moonbathe on the rooftop at midnight, do me a favor and put your jacket on.” I swung open the door. “Only if you put on your hat.” kicked off my shoes, removed my weapons, flung my bra [off...]