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Meaning
noun the rays of the sun
noun moderate weather; suitable for outdoor activities
noun the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom
originIn the Coverdale Bible in 1535, in Genesis and Exodus about 1250 as Middle English sunnesine; synchronically sun + shine. Compare isolated Old English sunsċīn (“mirror”).
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