skylighted

[ skahy-lahy-tid ]

adjective

1. having or illuminated by a skylight.

Word History and Origins

Origin of skylighted¹

1875–80; skylight + -ed ³, or reanalyzed as sky + lighted ¹( def ) (past participle)

Example Sentences

A red rod hung down from the skylighted ceiling.

From Washington Post

One big, spectacular skylighted room — formerly the museum’s lovely, underutilized, now unrecognizable Sherwood Auditorium — is of special note.

From Los Angeles Times

The restaurant occupies three floors with a spacious main-floor dining room and bar; a mezzanine on the second floor with wraparound counter seating and some tables in a library-style setting; rooms for private events; and a skylighted top floor with communal tables for parties or dining.

From New York Times

The pieces, mostly carved from light-hued wood, lurk behind posts or nestle above eye level, leaving empty the gallery’s skylighted area.

From Washington Post

This one’s a bit cozier at 3,600 square feet but fills its space with sunny, glass-filled, skylighted living spaces that take in sweeping views of the canyons below.

From Los Angeles Times