sunshine

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the rays of the sun
  2. noun moderate weather; suitable for outdoor activities
  3. noun the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom

Etymology

In the Coverdale Bible in 1535, in Genesis and Exodus about 1250 as Middle English sunnesine; synchronically sun + shine. Compare isolated Old English sunsċīn (“mirror”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

sunlight, sun

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