interlunar, a.
(ɪntərˈl(j)uːnə(r))
[f. inter- 4 b + lunar, after L. interlūnium interlune; cf. F. interlunaire (16th c. in Littré).]
Pertaining to the period between the old and new moon.
| 1598 I. D. tr. Le Roy's Aristotles Politiques 361 Betweene the interlunar spaces. 1671 Milton Samson 89 Dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. 1794 Sullivan View Nat. I. 399 Towards the end of the interlunar interval. 1843 Carlyle Past & Pr. ii. vii, Our interlunar obscuration is to cease. |
So † interˈlunary a., Obs.
| 1594 R. Ashley tr. Le Roy's Interchangeable Var. Things 12/2 The moone..is seene alwaies towards the west betweene the interlunary spaces. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iv. xiii. 228 If we adde the two ægyptian dayes in every moneth, the interlunary and plenilunary exemptions, the Eclipses of Sunne [etc.]. 1656 in Blount Glossogr. |