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(noun sense 1) being lit by a A gaslightbeing lit by a lamplighter in Stockholm Sweden , in 1953.

Etymology 1 [ edit ]

From gas (“flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel”) +‎ light.[1]

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gaslight (countable and uncountable, plural gaslights) (Britain, historical)

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Etymology 2 [ edit ]

From the 1938 stage play Gas Light by the English playwright and novelist Patrick Hamilton (1904–1962), and its 1940 and 1944 film adaptations, in which a husband attempts to convince his wife and others that she is insane by manipulating small elements of their environment.[2]

Verb [ edit ]

gaslight (third-person singular simple present gaslights, present participle gaslighting, simple past and past participle gaslighted or gaslit)

Derived terms [ edit ]

gaslightee

gaslighter

gaslighting ( noun )

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