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

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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

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

It hangs vacant, one may say; extinct, like the Moon in her vacant interlunar cave.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

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 Bartlett, John

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 Palgrave, Francis Turner