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moonlight

(uncountable, also, attributive) The light reflected from the Moon, which seems to emanate from it.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK

(uncountable, also, attributive) The light reflected from the Moon, which seems to emanate from it.

It was the pensive oysterman that saw a lovely maid, / Upon a moonlight evening, a-sitting in the shade;
Origin: The is derived from , from mon, mone (from , ultimately from ) + light (from , ultimately from ). . The is derived from the noun. (“to secretly leave premises without paying the rent”) is a , while (“to make a night-time attack on a tenant farmer”) is probably a . * * * , munelicht *. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • It just arrived. It's not the P-Bandai one, but I am happy that my HG Turn A Gundam got its own Moonlight Butterfly wings. @tedsgundams.bsky.social @magikestral.bsky.social @bookwormlover.bsky.social @wolfelockheart.bsky.social @hivoltwriter.bsky.social

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • !!!! (PS The main thing, the only thing that matters is that it came out, yes? What would this photograph have looked like WITHOUT any moonlight?)

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • Moonlight Bondage Girls Visit Me After Bar Closing Substack buff.ly/13VAxRa Medium buff.ly/iSFJmFd #BDSM #Paranormal #Erotica #Bondage #Sisters

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • It's been 26 years, I'm exhausted and ready to concede. You really CAN'T fight the moonlight.

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • "Logs and Legs" https://sutosufo.com/l/209-forest-dangers [Forest Dangers :: Shadows among the trees.] Moonlight filters through the dense trees as the young barbarian crouches low, muscles tensed, his every movement measured to avoid alerting the unseen monsters nearby. 🐺

    Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK

(countable, informal) Chiefly in to do a moonlight: .

It was the pensive oysterman that saw a lovely maid, / Upon a moonlight evening, a-sitting in the shade;
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  • 📘Hers by Moonlight: Claimed by the Billionaire (Femalpha Fatales Book 1) by Bethany Baker✈️ Kindle, KU (Kindle Unlimited) and Paperback https://f.mtr.cool/nbarkakgjt 🪢📚💖📚🌈📚💙📚🌎📚🌶️📚 Indie Author #monsterromance #indiebooks

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • Here's where you can peek at some of my Moonlight-festival exclusive merch as a little treat before Saturday night >:3c

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • I looked at harem isekai and said... these cishet male protagonists are scum. What this genre needs is sapphic polyamory. The characters can be messy trash fires. But not rapey male wish fulfillment fantasies. And so Moonlight Hearts was Born! www.patreon.com/ddwardiswrit...

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • The Moonlight Hearts Books are roughly... 1/3 Sapphic Romance and Smut.. 1/3 Victorian Adventure/Horror... And 1/3 Ren dealing with her Shit. www.patreon.com/ddwardiswrit...

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • #AlphabetChallenge #WeekRforReflections #Ireland #NorthernIreland #ECK Between the furrow’s breath and salt-thick air, the bog holds dark like turf against the hand; moonlight breaks its silver on the blackened tide, and speaks in Irish through the sea to land.

    Bluesky· May 2026
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#3·Apr 27, 2026UK

(uncountable, archaic) The silvery colour of the light reflected by the Moon.

Let's go on a moonlight swim / Far away from the crowd / All alone upon the beach / Our lips and our arms / Close within each other's reach / We'll be on a moonlight swim
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