lunar

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   of or relating to or associated with the moon

   Lunar surface.

2. 2
   adj

   Of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon (that is, Luna, the Earth's moon).

   Lunar observations  a lunar eclipse.

3. 3
   adj

   Shaped like a crescent moon; lunate.

   Her tears purſu'd her words, and while ſhe ſpoke / The Goddeſs nodded, and her altar ſhook: / The temple doors, as with a blaſt of wind, / Were heard to clap; the lunar horns that bind / The brows of Iſis caſt a blaze around; / The trembling timbrel made a murm'ring ſound.

4. 4
   adj

   Extremely high.

   Julian wolfed down the rest of his dinner and when he accompanied Michelle back to her apartment his spirits were positively lunar.

Common collocations

• lunar module Adjective + noun
• lunar crater Adjective + noun

From Middle English lunar (“shaped like the crescent moon”), from Latin lūnāris (“of or pertaining to the moon, lunar”) (possibly through Middle French lunaire (modern French lunaire (“lunar”)), from lūna (“the Moon; crescent shape”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to shine”)) + -is (suffix forming adjectives).

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