interlunar

American  

[in-ter-loo-ner] / ˌɪn tərˈlu nər /

adjective

1. pertaining to the moon's monthly period of invisibility between the old moon and the new.

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Etymology

Origin of interlunar

First recorded in 1590–1600; inter- + lunar

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Example Sentences

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interlunar

It is like "the vacant interlunar cave" John Milton wrote of in Samson Agonistes.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 28, 2013

If the July days were such, how perfect were the August and September nights! their young moon's lingering twilight, their full broad bays of silver, their interlunar season!

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 by Various

"The sun to me is dark, And silent is the moon, Hid in her vacant interlunar cave."

From Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 1 by Dante Alighieri

But all great glories had their interlunar period; and in due time her grandfather would once more flash full-orbed upon a darkling world.

From Crucial Instances by Edith Wharton

Now the highest imagination is concerned about the soul of things; it may or may not inspire the Fantasy that peoples with images the interlunar vague.

From The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

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