adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Situated beyond or above the moon.
2. 2
   Celestial, rather than earthly.
3. 3
   Ideal; visionary.

   "Neat Marlow bathed in the Thespian springs Had in him those braue translunary things"

Adjective

1. 1
   unworldly or ethereal wordnet
2. 2
   situated beyond the moon or its orbit around the earth wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

etherealheavenlyotherworldlysuperlunarsuperlunarsuperlunary

Antonyms

All antonyms

cislunarsublunarsublunary

Example

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"Neat Marlow bathed in the Thespian springs Had in him those braue translunary things"

Etymology

From trans- + lunary.

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