interlunar
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of interlunar
Example Sentences
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It is like "the vacant interlunar cave" John Milton wrote of in Samson Agonistes.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 28, 2013
"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
The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.
From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by John Bartlett
In the "vacant interlunar caves" where he hid himself, he could hardly feel the restraints that press on those who move within ear-shot and jostle of their fellows on this actual earth.
From Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 by George Saintsbury
Poem 252. interlunar swoon: interval of the Moon's invisibility.
From The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language by Francis Turner Palgrave
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