lunes
[ loonz ]
/ lunz /
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
lundberg, lundy, lundy isle, lundy's lane, lune, lunes, lunette, lung, lung book, lung fluke, lungan
Definition for lunes (2 of 3)
lune1
[ loon ]
/ lun /
noun
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
a crescent-shaped figure bounded by two arcs of circles, either on a plane or a spherical surface.
Origin of lune
1First recorded in 1695–1705, lune is from the Latin word lūna moon
Definition for lunes (3 of 3)
lune2
[ loon ]
/ lun /
noun Falconry.
a line for securing a hawk.
Origin of lune
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Example sentences from the Web for lunes
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 PyleIn the course of a few hours poor Lunes was brought to me in a most desolate condition.
Captain Canot|Brantz Mayer
British Dictionary definitions for lunes (1 of 2)
lune1
/ (luːn) /
noun
- a section of the surface of a sphere enclosed between two semicircles that intersect at opposite points on the sphere
- a crescent-shaped figure formed on a plane surface by the intersection of the arcs of two circles
something shaped like a crescent
RC Church another word for lunette (def. 6)
Word Origin for lune
C18: from Latin lūna moon
British Dictionary definitions for lunes (2 of 2)
lune2
/ (luːn) /
noun
falconry a leash for hawks or falcons
Word Origin for lune
C14 loigne, from Old French, from Medieval Latin longia, longea, from Latin longus long 1
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