lunar rainbow
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of lunar rainbow
First recorded in 1705–15
Example Sentences
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Chopin is the color genius of the piano, his eye was attuned to hues the most fragile and attenuated; he can weave harmonies that are as ghostly as a lunar rainbow.
From Chopin : the Man and His Music by Huneker, James
There has been an arch of light in the sky all day, opposite the moon; so it is a lunar rainbow, but without color, so far as I have been able to see.
From Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I by Nansen, Fridtjof
Lo! a brilliant lunar rainbow spanned, with its broad, illuminated arch, the little plain over which the houseless people were scattered.
From Jasper Lyle by Ward, Harriet
It had the quality of a lunar rainbow it was once my joy and privilege to behold: a reflection of a reflection, the raindrops reflecting the moon, the moon reflecting the sun.
From Tripping with the Tucker Twins by Speed, Nell
The beauty of this lunar rainbow is enhanced by the framework of shapely ash trees through whose branches it is seen.
From A Cotswold Village by Gibbs, J. Arthur
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