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gaslit

adj
/ˈɡæsˌlɪt/US

Etymology

From gas + lit.

  1. derived from *lewd-✻
  2. derived from *lūtilaz✻
  3. derived from lȳt
  4. derived from lit
  5. compounded as gaslit — “gas + lit”

Definitions

  1. Illuminated by burning gas.

    • The gaslit streets of Victorian London felt much safer than the dark alleyways to either side.
    • the gaslit era
    • […]I have too few hours alone with Beethoven and Mozart, and too many with the gaslit crowds before me.

  2. Manipulated.

    • “I need to chill?” I said, feeling gaslit.

  3. simple past and past participle of gaslight

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA