moonbathed

English

Etymology 1

Since 1904 or earlier; figurative, conceiving moonlight as if it were a fluid that can bathe (immerse) something.

Adjective

moonbathed (not comparable)

1. Well lit up by moonlight; brightly moonlit.
   • 1930, Sax Rohmer, The Day the World Ended, published 1969, page xiii. 116:

     I saw a moon-bathed nightscape.

Coordinate terms

• sunbathed (adj)

Etymology 2

Since 1940s or later; moonbathe (intransitive verb) is modeled after sunbathe (intransitive verb).

Verb

moonbathed

1. simple past and past participle of moonbathe (“lie out under the moonlight”)