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lamplight

/ˈlæmplaɪt/

lamplight noun: the light emitted by a lamp.

Noun

lamplight (countable and uncountable, plural lamplights)

  1. The light emitted by a lamp.
    • We sat around reading by lamplight all night.
    • I turned my head, and as I lay gasping in the throes of that awful struggle I could see that Leo was off the rock now, for the lamplight fell full upon him.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC

Forms of lamplight

plurallamplights

Origin of lamplight

From Middle English lampe lyght, laumpe-lyth, lombe-lyȝt, equivalent to lamp + light. Compare West Frisian lampeljocht (“lamplight”), Dutch lamplicht (“lamplight”), German Lampenlicht (“lamplight”), Danish lampelys (“lamplight”), Swedish lampljus (“lamplight”), Icelandic lampaljós (“lamplight”).

Questions about lamplight

What does lamplight mean?
Lamplight means the light emitted by a lamp.
What part of speech is lamplight?
Lamplight is a noun.
How do you pronounce lamplight?
Lamplight is pronounced /ˈlæmplaɪt/.
What is the plural of lamplight?
The plural of lamplight is lamplights.

Words near lamplight in the dictionary

  1. Lampkins
  2. lampless
  3. lamplet
  4. lamplets
  5. Lampley
  6. lamplight
  7. lamplighted
  8. lamplighter
  9. lamplighter group
  10. lamplighter groups
  11. lamplighters

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