sunbeam
The English word “sunbeam” has 5 meanings listed here.
noun
- A ray of sunlight; especially, a demarcated, narrow, and intense (relative to ambient light) ray of sunlight (as revealed by, for example, its diffraction among dust particles).
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Curetis.
- Any hummingbird of the genus Aglaeactis.
- Synonym of sunshine (“ironic form of address to an inferior or troublemaker”).
- An item of cutlery or crockery laid out on a table, but not used, and which can be returned to the drawer without being washed.
Etymology
From Middle English sonnebem, sonnebeem, from Old English sunnbēam, sunnebēam (“sunbeam”), equivalent to sun + beam.
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