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matchlit

adj

Etymology

From match + lit.

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

Definitions

  1. Lit by means of a match.

    • Spanish soldiers with matchlit muskets quietly surrounded the Indians...
    • The unofficial past flared more vividly, illuminated in matchlit glimpses.
    • Though his teeth were chattering, he managed to call to one matchlit shadow. "Where are you hurt, Lieutenant?" "In the foot," said George.

The neighborhood

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