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03 April 2009

Quick! What is the pithy word/phrase for that streak of light when the moon shines on a body of water?→[More:]It's on the tip of my tongue but Google isn't helping. Like this picture.

post by: muddgirl at: 10:34 | 16 comments

i know what you mean but i cant think of it either . here's something to *Chair Boogie* to while you await a response

posted by rollick 03 April | 10:41

I didn't know it had a name.

posted by Miko 03 April | 11:22

I'm sure I've heard a poetic name for it before! It is the answer to a riddle and it's not "moon shining on a body of water" because it is supposed to be one word.

posted by muddgirl 03 April | 11:26

I was going to say "moon road," but you're looking for one word. Hmmn...

posted by steef 03 April | 11:46

That's Amore.

posted by seanyboy 03 April | 11:49

How about "Lunar Path". I know it's two words, but that's the best i can come up with.

posted by seanyboy 03 April | 11:54

I've found it. Moonglade.

posted by seanyboy 03 April | 11:58

Bonus OED entry for moonglade (since I can access it here at work):

moonglade n. U.S. the track made by moonlight on water.

1866 J. R. LOWELL Biglow Papers 2nd Ser. Introd., *Moonglade: a beautiful word: for the track of moonlight on the water. 1982 J. MARK Aquarius iv. 61 The King..rose from the bench..his cloak unfurling like a moonglade behind him.

posted by mudpuppie 03 April | 12:04

Wow, I'm so glad to have learned there are words for moon tracks on the water. Thanks.

posted by Miko 03 April | 12:11

I think it's moonglade! Although it might just be "moonlight" with the water being a red-herring?

Anyway, thanks seanyboy!

posted by muddgirl 03 April | 12:19

I've always called it a moon path.

posted by deborah 03 April | 13:10

ooh, a new word for the day! Yay!

posted by scody 03 April | 13:21

I've always called them "Kevin".

posted by richat 03 April | 18:42

"Like the hair of Bronwyn, the beautiful pulp-fiction princess."

posted by Rhaomi 03 April | 19:47

If it's the sun, is it sunglade?

posted by serena 04 April | 09:02

I've always called them "moontrails"

posted by dg 05 April | 15:37

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