lunes

[ loonz ]

/ lunz /

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noun (used with a plural verb)

Archaic. fits of madness.

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Origin of lunes

1605–15; <French, Middle French, plural of lune caprice <Medieval Latin lūna fit of lunacy, special use of Latin lūna moon; compare German Laune

Words nearby lunes

Lundy Isle, Lundy's Lane, lune, Lüneburg, Lünen, lunes, lunette, Lunéville, lung, lungan, lung book

How to use lunes in a sentence

Now it strikes me that there is quite as much tautology in "unsane lunes" as in the double epithet, "dangerous, unsafe."
Notes and Queries, Number 196, July 30, 1853|Various
Sir Launcelot said: "Yea, Lady, and there she hangs, caught by her lunes in yonder elm-tree."
The Story of the Champions of the Round Table|Howard Pyle
In the course of a few hours poor Lunes was brought to me in a most desolate condition.
Captain Canot|Brantz Mayer
The Iroquois respected their palisades and demi-lunes, and withdrew, after burning two Huron prisoners.
Pioneers Of France In The New World|Francis Parkman, Jr.

Double caponnières connected the tenailles with the demi-lunes.
Annals of a Fortress|E. Viollet-le-Duc

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