moonshiny night
- noun
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noche iluminada por la luna
- Rex had not noticed the boy, who had come partway down the stairs one moonshiny night.
Examples
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We went for a walk along the beach, the moonshiny night making the waves shimmer like diamonds.
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Sitting by the campfire, they enjoyed songs and stories under the beautiful moonshiny night.
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The garden looked magical under the moonshiny night, with silver beams lighting up the flowers.
Antonyms
How Bright
Surface Forms
Morphology
moonshiny + night
The phrase is compositionally transparent: 'moonshiny' can be parsed as 'moon' + 'shiny' (lit or shining by the moon) and combined with 'night' yields 'a night lit by moonlight'. Although 'moonshiny' is uncommon, the meaning is directly derivable from the constituents and parallels common forms like 'moonlit', so a B1 learner who knows the parts should understand it.
Etymology
Moonshiny night comes from the simple image of the moon being very shiny, lighting the land like a soft lamp. So, 'moonshiny night' means 'a night bright with moonlight'.