Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The track of moonlight on water.
Wiktionary
- n. poetic, rare The bright reflection of moonlight on a body of water.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Poetic The bright reflection of the moon's light on an expanse of water.
Etymologies
- From moon + glade (Wiktionary)
Examples
“A moonglade is the track the full moon makes on the water when it is rising from the sea, you know, teacher.”
“A moonglade is the track the full moon makes on the water when it is rising from the sea, you know.”
“English Dictionary, reported that the word requested already exists: moonglade.”
“Coming to the staircase, she sat down on the top step and gazed out at the moonglade reflection on the lagoon.”
“They were as beautiful as the sunset on the mountains, as the moonglade on the sea, as the morning mist rising from the valleys.”
Dragons Of Summer Flame
“He walked down to the water's edge and stood alone to watch the moonglade dancing in the surf.”
Beowulf's Children
“Hanno recognized Pytheas 'profile against quicksilver moonglade and went to join him.”
The Boat of a Million Years
“Beyond reached the ocean, like living obsidian bridged by moonglade.”
Explorations
“The River Oiss gleamed dull where it poured through town and into the bay, on which there shone a double moonglade.”
The Earth Book of Stormgate
“He was sailing and he sailed right into a moonglade.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘moonglade’.
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Words
phantasmagoria, eviscerate, avast, simulacrum, varicose, oblique, gestalt, ersatz, vernal, vivace, stellate, synecdoche and 321 more...
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lunacy
moon-related
moon dog, transient lunar p..., selenography, moonbow, paraselene, maria, parantiselene, moon, luna, trapper's moon, harvest moon, hunter's moon and 94 more...
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Sound Sex
taciturn, deflower, recursive, parapraxis, comitative, atelic, awkward, eccentric, libidinous, astereognosis, aloof, moonglade and 50 more...
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September Words-10031
During the month of September, post at least 10 new words to this list. Make sure you cite where you read the word (book/author/pg) and quote the context/sentence where you found it. If someone has...
pseudonym, Cacophony, Cannabis, Bogus, Soulless, via, celestial, Liquor, dwarf, Wretched, Gemini, quartz and 53 more...
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My favorites
foible, sidereal, amygdala, woodnote, cogitate, silvern, ollalieberry, ramify, diaphanous, surreality, myopia, subcelestial and 75 more...
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color, light & sight
albedo, chromatography, chromatic, tone, penumbra, superluminal, diaphanous, iridescent, amethyst, opalescent, celadon, lapis and 38 more...
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The Fantastic Chiliastic
chiliastic, hapax legomenon, anosognosia, jactitation, infundibular, twee, callipygian, tintinnabulation, prestidigitation, anhedonia, coprolalia, parapraxis and 15 more...
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♥
ambrosia, inamorata, gossamer, lily-white, hummingbird, roucoulement, poppy, daisy, calypso, lunula, lamb, dove and 1526 more...
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Potpourri
eponymous, aa, pulchritude, gizmo, macabre, sui generis, solecism, solipsism, eldritch, samizdat, queue, obsequious and 469 more...
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....the prison library
// god mandated attempt to realign with the timeless forces of the universe via remastered locution //
desultory, dénouement, demesne, dalliance, chatoyant, antechamber, akimbo, cacography, germane, cuboid, miasma, mordant and 89 more...
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Hey! L...
for the same
ichthyarchy, thalassic, nip-cheese, cerement, manavalins, rockweed, polder, semipalmate, blue peter, curragh, crowfoot, cat and 158 more...
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delightful descriptors
petrichor, omphaloskepsis, ouroboros, oneiric, flaneur, saunter, dishabituation, fractalization, eudemony, phosphorescence, holographic, umwelt and 136 more...
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Pretty Words
Words that sound pretty.
ethereal, ephemeral, iridescent, shimmer, wisp, whisper, charisma, crescent, azure, mystery, fantasy, miracle and 142 more...
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Is it morning yet?
coterie, lexeme, counterbalance, forthright, pigtail, ponytail, french-braid, barrette, listless, counsel, sitting duck, dead duck and 268 more...
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dark and bright words of shine and fi...
scotophil, scotoma, scotia, shed, shadow, shade, scone, whiting, edelweiss, light, lightning, lucina and 349 more...
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Mollusque's miscellany
A mixture of words that I like or have commented on, along with ones parked here so they'd be listed somewhere or remind me of lists I want to make.
oranger, monographer, preoccupied, bu, bobization, coinventor, tetrapyloctomy, borgmannian, suspercollate, manhug, mancrush, obituarist and 604 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for moonglade.

oroboros How 'bout moonshine? :o) Nov 21, 2009
mollusque Also called moonpath. Aug 10, 2008
mialuthien moonglade – the track made by moonlight on water Jul 26, 2008