Illuminated by or as if by candlelight; lit with candles or having the warm, soft quality of candle illumination.
From 'candle' + 'light' + past participle '-ed,' a compound formed to describe something lit by candles. This is a relatively modern poetic formation, common in 19th-century literature to evoke atmosphere.
Before electricity, 'candlelighted' rooms were actually dangerous—candles provided only about 1% of the light a modern bulb does, so people lived in perpetual dimness and had much stronger night vision than we do today.
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