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moonclad

moonclad adjective: illuminated by moonlight.

Adjective

moonclad (comparative more moonclad, superlative most moonclad)

  1. (poetic) Illuminated by moonlight.
    • I had never been that way, and I looked on that massive pile of silence almost with expectation, as though a door might open and something emerge, or a voice roar rustily at us from the moonclad top.1967, The Dublin Magazine
  2. Nude, particularly outdoors at night.
    • moonclad in her thin blue underthing1997, Ivan Argüelles, Jake Berry, Purisima Sex Addict II

Forms of moonclad

comparativemore moonclad
superlativemost moonclad

Origin of moonclad

From moon + clad, the "nude" sense by analogy with skyclad.

Questions about moonclad

What does moonclad mean?
Moonclad means illuminated by moonlight.
What part of speech is moonclad?
Moonclad is an adjective.

Words near moonclad in the dictionary

  1. mooncakes
  2. mooncalf
  3. mooncalves
  4. moonchild
  5. moonchildren
  6. moonclad
  7. mooncraft
  8. mooncrafts
  9. mooncrete
  10. mooncricket
  11. mooncrickets

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