Sunlight

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsÊŒnlaɪt/

Origin

In Layamon's Chronicle of Britain, probably before 1200.

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

Compound of sun + light.

Full definition of sunlight

Noun

1. All the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun, especially that in the visible spectrum that bathes the Earth.
• 2013-06-08, Obama goes troll-hunting, 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.
2. Sunlight on the skin gives you vitamin D.
3. (figuratively, figuratively) Brightness, hope; a positive outlook.

Synonyms

• (light from the sun) sunshine

Related terms

• sunbeam

Anagrams

• hustling