English

Sunlight (1)

Noun

sunlight ‎(countable and uncountable, plural sunlights)

1. All the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun, especially that in the visible spectrum that bathes the Earth.
   • 2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55:

     The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.

   Sunlight on the skin gives you vitamin D.‎

2. (figuratively, figuratively) Brightness, hope; a positive outlook.

Synonyms

• (light from the sun): sunshine

Related terms

• sunbeam

Translations

References

1. ↑ Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Robert K. Barnhart (ed.), Chambers, 1988

Anagrams

• hustling