daylight

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
  2. noun light during the daytime

Etymology

From Middle English daye-lighte, dey liȝht, dailiȝt, day-liht, dai-liht (also as days lyȝt, daies liht), equivalent to day + light. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Deegeslucht, Daisljoacht (“daylight”), West Frisian deiljocht (“daylight”), Dutch daglicht (“daylight”), German Tageslicht (“daylight”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

day, daytime

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