gaslit

English

Etymology

From gas +‎ lit.

Pronunciation

Adjective

gaslit (not comparable)

  1. Illuminated by burning gas.
    The gaslit streets of Victorian London felt much safer than the dark alleyways to either side.
    the gaslit era
    • 1880, Ouida, Moths, a Novel, volume 2, London: Chatto & Windus, pages 322–323:
      […] I have too few hours alone with Beethoven and Mozart, and too many with the gaslit crowds before me.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:gaslit.
  2. (figurative) Manipulated.
    • 2022, Sean Thor Conroe, Fuccboi‎[1], Hachette, →ISBN:
      “I need to chill?” I said, feeling gaslit.

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Verb

gaslit

  1. simple past and past participle of gaslight

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