sublunar en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English lunar English sublunar From sub- + lunar.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Situated beneath the Moon.
The City’s moon-lit spires and myriad lamps, Like stars in a sublunar sky did glow, And fires blazed far amid the scattered camps, Like springs of flame, which burst where’er swift Earthquake stamps.
1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 234:
- (not-comparable) Of this world; earthly.
Antonyms
ethereal · translunar · translunary · superlunar · otherworldly · heavenly · superlunary · celestial
Synonyms
cislunar · sublunary · sublunary
Translations (8)
fi kuunalinen (beneath the Moon) · nl ondermaans (beneath the Moon) · pl podksiężycowy (beneath the Moon) · de sublunarisch (beneath the Moon) · el υποφέγγαρος (beneath the Moon) · la sublūnāris (beneath the Moon) · nl sublunarisch (beneath the Moon) · fr sublunaire (beneath the Moon)