crosslight

[kraws-lahyt, kros-]

cross·light

[kraws-lahyt, kros-]
noun
1.
a light shone across the path of another to illuminate an area left dark by the first light.
2.
light originating from sources not facing each other, as from windows in two adjacent walls.
3.
light originating from counterlights.

Origin:
1850–55; cross- + light1

cross·light·ed, adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source Link To crosslight

00:10

00:09

00:08

00:07

00:06

00:05

00:04

00:03

00:02

00:01

Crosslight is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT