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moonwashed

moonwashed adjective: bathed in moonlight.

Adjective

moonwashed (comparative more moonwashed, superlative most moonwashed)

  1. (literary, poetic) bathed in moonlight
    • She just sat there very straight, gazing across the moon-washed garden.1936, F.J. Thwaites, The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards Publishing, published 1940, page 64

Forms of moonwashed

comparativemore moonwashed
superlativemost moonwashed

Origin of moonwashed

From moon + washed.

Questions about moonwashed

What does moonwashed mean?
Moonwashed means bathed in moonlight.
What part of speech is moonwashed?
Moonwashed is an adjective.

Words near moonwashed in the dictionary

  1. moonwalker
  2. moonwalkers
  3. moonwalking
  4. moonwalks
  5. moonward
  6. moonwashed
  7. moonwatcher
  8. moonwatchers
  9. moonwatching
  10. moonwise
  11. moonwort

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