translunary

American  

[trans-loo-ner-ee, tranz-, trans-loo-nuh-ree, tranz-] / ˈtræns luˌnɛr i, ˈtrænz-, trænsˈlu nə ri, trænz- /

adjective

1. situated beyond or above the moon; superlunary.

2. celestial, rather than earthly.

3. ideal; visionary.

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Etymology

Origin of translunary

1620–30; trans- + lunary < French lun ( aire ) or Latin lun ( āris ) lunar + -ary

Example Sentences

Old Drayton thought that a man that lived here, and would be a poet, for instance, should have in him certain "brave, translunary things," and a "fine madness" should possess his brain.

From A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Thoreau, Henry David

Even as a poet Donne       "Had in him those brave translunary things       That our first poets had."

From Among My Books First Series by Lowell, James Russell

Had in him those brave translunary things That the first poets had.

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John

Man, in his earth life, cannot always be "high contemplative", and indulge in "brave translunary things"; he must welcome again, it must be confessed, "land the solid and safe".

From An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry by Corson, Hiram

You know the old recipe for Wine of Cos, that full-bodied, seignorial, superlative, translunary wine.

From The Mayor of Troy by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir