lunes
Americannoun
Etymology
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
Example Sentences
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"First #coffee of the first #monday of the first month of a brand new year. Primer café del primer lunes del primer mes del año nuevo #lunes #cafe," she captioned the post.
From Fox News ● Jan. 3, 2022
The kids that I saw there were loud, but they weren't wild-eyed lunes.
From BusinessWeek ● Nov. 21, 2011
Señor Ascencio read each word out loud as he wrote para el lunes on the board.
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
But pressing forward again, they came upon a gerfalcon lying, with long lunes tangled about his feet and through his breast the hole that Sir Dinar's bolt had made.
From Wandering Heath by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
Mr. Collier says that the passage, "dangerous, unsafe lunes i' the king," is mere tautology, and therefore he follows the old corrector in substituting "unsane lunes."
From Notes and Queries, Number 196, July 30, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George
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