moonbeam
English
Etymology
In Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream 1590.[1] Compound of moon + beam.
Noun
- A shaft of moonlight.[2]
- 1850, Lydia Sigourney, The Brother from Poems for the Sea, page 70:
- A moonbeam pierced the heavy cloud!
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- Moonlight generally.
Synonyms
- moon ray
See also
References
- Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Robert K. Barnhart (ed.), Chambers, 1988
- Webster's College Dictionary, Random House, 2001
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