lamplit

adj

lamplit

adj

Etymology From lamp + lit.

1

Illuminated by a lamp or lamps.

  • The hours spent there by Corvick were present to my fancy as those of a chessplayer bent with a silent scowl, all the lamplit winter, over his board and his moves.1896, Henry James, The Figure in the Carpet, page 37:
  • He stood a moment on the threshold, smiling contentedly around the lamplit room.1930, Margaret Ayer Barnes, Years of Grace, Part III, Chapter I, page 252:

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