sunshine

Meanings

Noun

• The direct rays, light or warmth of the sun.
• A location on which the sun's rays fall.
• Geniality or cheerfulness.
• A source of cheerfulness or joy.
• The effect which the sun has when it lights and warms some place.
• Used to address someone who has just woken up and/or is very sleepy.

Adjective

• Open to and permitting public access, especially with regard to activities that were previously closed-door or back-room meetings.

Origin

• In the Coverdale Bible in 1535, in Genesis and Exodus about 1250 as Middle English sunnesine; synchronically .