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moonrise

noun
/ˈmunˌɹaɪz/US

Etymology

From moon + rise.

  1. derived from *h₃er-✻ — “to rise, spring”
  2. derived from *h₁rey-✻ — “to arise, rise”
  3. derived from *rīsaną✻ — “to rise”
  4. derived from *rīsan✻
  5. derived from rīsan
  6. derived from risen
  7. compounded as moonrise — “moon + rise”

Definitions

  1. The time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon.

    • Venus now re-assembles her Choirs of Virgins at Moon-rise, and leads the Ball.
    • Weena, I was glad to find, was fast asleep. I carefully wrapped her in my jacket, and sat down beside her to wait for the moonrise.

The neighborhood

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