sunshine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌnʃaɪn/
Forms: form: sunshines
form: sun-shine
Etymology: In the Coverdale Bible in 1535, in Genesis and Exodus about 1250 as Middle English sunnesine; synchronically sun + shine. Compare isolated Old English sunsċīn (“mirror”).
Senses: examples: text: We were warmed by the bright sunshine.
text: Oft tymes a thinge doth floꝛiſh, and men thynke that it maye abyde the Sonneſhyne: it ſhuteth foꝛth the bꝛaunches in his garden, it taketh many rotes, in ſo moch that it is like an houſe off ſtones.
ref: 1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, […] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg]: [Eucharius Cervicornus and Johannes Soter?], →OCLC, Job viij:[16–17], folio iij, verso, column 1:
text: And all the ſhrubs, vvith ſparkling ſpangles, ſhevv / Like Morning-Sun-ſhine tinsilling the devv.
ref: 1648, Robert Herrick, “The Apparition of His Mistresse Calling Him to Elizium”, in Hesperides: Or, The Works both Humane & Divine […], London: […] John Williams, and Francis Eglesfield, and are to be sold by Tho[mas] Hunt, […], →OCLC, page 240:
text: Sunshine, everybody loves the sunshine / Sunshine, folks get down in the sunshine / Sunshine, folks get brown in the sunshine
ref: 1976, “Everybody Loves the Sunshine”, performed by Roy Ayers Ubiquity:
text: If there was no sunshine / Then life on Earth would not survive / Just like I would surely die / Without your love
ref: 1977, Keith Barrow, “Precious”, in Keith Barrow:
synonyms: sun
sunlight
glosses: The direct rays, light or warmth of the sun.
examples: text: We moved out of the shade and into the sunshine.
text: Out again into the sunshine by the wide mouth of the Green River, as the chart named the brook whose level stream scarce moved into the lake. A streak of blue shot up it between the banks, and a shrill pipe came back as the kingfisher hastened away.
ref: 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
glosses: A location on which the sun's rays fall.
examples: text: I enjoyed the sunshine of her smile.
text: Ain't no sunshine when she's gone / Only darkness every day
ref: 1971, Bill Withers, “Ain't No Sunshine”:
glosses: Geniality or cheerfulness.
examples: text: You are the sunshine of my life / That's why I'll always be around / You are the apple of my eye / Forever you'll stay in my heart
ref: 1972, Stevie Wonder, “You Are the Sunshine of My Life”, in Talking Book:
glosses: A source of cheerfulness or joy.
glosses: The effect which the sun has when it lights and warms some place.
examples: text: Alright, sunshine, safe to cross now.
glosses: Friendly form of address often reserved for juniors.
examples: text: OK, sunshine, listen up and listen good. There's five vandalised telephone boxes out there and I know you're responsible.
glosses: Ironic form of address used to an inferior or troublemaker.
examples: text: Good morning, sunshine!
glosses: Used to address someone who has just woken up and/or is very sleepy.
glosses: Ellipsis of orange sunshine.
Derived terms: barrel of sunshine
bask in the sunshine
blow sunshine up someone's ass
blow sunshine up someone's skirt
bucket of sunshine
instant sunshine
liquid sunshine
open sunshine
orange sunshine
powdered sunshine
ray of sunshine
sunshine and kittens
sunshine and lollipops
sunshine and rainbows
sunshine and roses
sunshine cake
Sunshine Coast
sunshineless
sunshine pop
sunshine roof
Sunshine State
sunshine tax
sunshine toast
sunshine unit
sunshine vitamin
sunshiny
walk on sunshine
Related terms: sunbeam