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honeymoonlight

honeymoonlight noun: the atmosphere of a honeymoon.

Noun

honeymoonlight (uncountable)

  1. (nonce-word) The atmosphere of a honeymoon.
    • Dancing in the honeymoonlight which bathes the poem, the Owl and the Pussy-cat more wistfully, but less pessimistically, get on terms with another Victorian classic, Matthew Arnold's 'Dover Beach'. Arnold's is also a seaside honeymoon poem, his newlyweds watch 'ignorant armies clash by night'...2005, Edward Lear, Peter Swaab, Over the land and over the sea
    • When her husband joins her / for breakfast, she smiles / the guilty smile of the unfaithful. / Yet does she notice / that the honeymoonlight / has left a few blonde hairs / clinging to his shoulder?1992, Robert Kendall, A Wandering City: Poems, page 48

Origin of honeymoonlight

Blend of honeymoon + moonlight.

Questions about honeymoonlight

What does honeymoonlight mean?
Honeymoonlight means the atmosphere of a honeymoon.
What part of speech is honeymoonlight?
Honeymoonlight is a noun.

Words near honeymoonlight in the dictionary

  1. honeymooned
  2. honeymooner
  3. honeymooners
  4. honeymooning
  5. honeymoonings
  6. honeymoonlight
  7. honeymoons
  8. honeymoony
  9. honeymouthed
  10. honeynet
  11. honeynets

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