interlunar

[ in-ter-loo-ner ]

/ ˌɪn tərˈlu nər /

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adjective

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

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Origin of interlunar

First recorded in 1590–1600; inter- + lunar

Words nearby interlunar

interlocutor, interlocutory, interlope, interloper, interlude, interlunar, interlunation, intermarriage, intermarry, intermaxillary bone, intermaxillary suture

How to use interlunar in a sentence

It hangs vacant, one may say; extinct, like the Moon in her vacant interlunar cave.
The French Revolution|Thomas Carlyle