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plenilune en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpliːnɪluːn/

Etymology

From Latin plēnilūnium, from plēnus (“full”) + lūna (“moon”).

Meanings

1. (poetic) The full moon.
   • Whose glory (like a lasting Plenilune) Seems ignorant of what it is to wane 1600 (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Cynthias Reuels, or The Fountayne of Selfe-Loue. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC:
   • And white limbs glitter in the plenilune; / And where a voice more human, more divine, / Commends a brother dead to Proserpine. 1922, Clark Ashton Smith, Desire of Vastness:

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plenilunary