lamplight

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The light emitted by a lamp.

   We sat around reading by lamplight all night.

2. 2
   noun

   light from a lamp

From Middle English lampe lyght, laumpe-lyth, lombe-lyȝt, equivalent to lamp + light. Compare West Frisian lampeljocht (“lamplight”), Dutch lamplicht (“lamplight”), German Lampenlicht (“lamplight”), Danish lampelys (“lamplight”), Swedish lampljus (“lamplight”), Icelandic lampaljós (“lamplight”).

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