(of a landscape for example) struck by the sun, having the sun's light shining on it
sunstruck in American English
(ˈsʌnˌstrʌk)
adjective
affected with sunstroke
Word origin
[1830–40; sun + struck]This word is first recorded in the period 1830–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: grid, orientation, paraffin, stroboscope, walkover