moonrise
/ˈmunˌɹaɪz/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.38 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Venus now re-assembles her Choirs of Virgins at Moon-rise, and leads the Ball."
- "Shooting, hunting, and cricket, were pursued with the eagerness of laborious occupations: often has he rambled about from day-break to moon-rise, in search of game; and then returned to Mr. ONiel’s, pale with fatigue, and sick with fasting."
- "Weena, I was glad to find, was fast asleep. I carefully wrapped her in my jacket, and sat down beside her to wait for the moonrise."
- "1909, Edith Wharton, “The Mortal Lease” V, in Artemis to Actaeon and Other Verse, New York: Scribner’s, p. 41, Do I not know, some wingèd things from far Are borne along illimitable night To dance their lives out in a single flight Between the moonrise and the setting star?"
- "Rain on Rahoon falls softly, softly falling Where my dark lover lies. Sad is his voice that calls me, sadly calling At grey moonrise."
- "Moonrise over the hills above Settle."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈmunˌɹaɪz/