interlunar
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of interlunar
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It is like "the vacant interlunar cave" John Milton wrote of in Samson Agonistes.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 28, 2013
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
The Sun to me is dark And silent as the Moon, When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.
From The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton
"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
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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