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

Example Sentences

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

From The Guardian • Jan. 28, 2013

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 Poe, Edgar Allan

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 Saintsbury, George

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

Hercules then unbinds Prometheus who repairs to a certain exquisite interlunar cave and there dwells in tranquillity with his beloved Asia.

From The English Novel And the Principle of its Development by Lanier, Sidney