lunes

[ loonz ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

1. Archaic. fits of madness.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lunes¹

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

Now it strikes me that there is quite as much tautology in "unsane lunes" as in the double epithet, "dangerous, unsafe."

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Sir Launcelot said: "Yea, Lady, and there she hangs, caught by her lunes in yonder elm-tree."

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In the course of a few hours poor Lunes was brought to me in a most desolate condition.

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The Iroquois respected their palisades and demi-lunes, and withdrew, after burning two Huron prisoners.

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Double caponnières connected the tenailles with the demi-lunes.

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