Sunups

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The occurrences of daylight that signal the start of a new day
2. the moments when the sun rises above the horizon, bringing light to the landscape
3. the time of day characterized by the brightening sky as the sun ascends in the morning

Etymology: "Sunups" is the plural of "sunup," a noun built from the ordinary words "sun" and "up." Its plain sense, the moment the sun rises above the horizon, is the one the compound was made to name, so there is no hidden metaphor or borrowed Latin lurking underneath. The plural form simply counts repeated mornings, as in "three sunups of rain."

Synonyms: sunrises, dawns, daybreaks, mornings, first light

Antonyms: sunsets, dusks, evenings, nightfalls, twilights