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lamplit

lamplit adjective: illuminated by a lamp or lamps.

Adjective

lamplit (not comparable)

  1. Illuminated by a lamp or lamps.
    • The hours spent there by Corvick were present to my fancy as those of a chessplayer bent with a silent scowl, all the lamplit winter, over his board and his moves.1896, Henry James, The Figure in the Carpet, page 37
    • He stood a moment on the threshold, smiling contentedly around the lamplit room.1930, Margaret Ayer Barnes, Years of Grace, Part III, Chapter I, page 252

Origin of lamplit

From lamp + lit.

Questions about lamplit

What does lamplit mean?
Lamplit means illuminated by a lamp or lamps.
What part of speech is lamplit?
Lamplit is an adjective.

Words near lamplit in the dictionary

  1. lamplighter group
  2. lamplighter groups
  3. lamplighters
  4. lamplights
  5. lamplike
  6. lamplit
  7. Lamplough
  8. Lamplugh
  9. Lamplughs
  10. lampmaker
  11. lampmakers

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