Hyper Dictionary

English Dictionary Computer Dictionary Thesaurus Dream Dictionary Medical Dictionary


Search Dictionary:  

Meaning of TRANSLUNARY

Pronunciation:  tranz'loonuree

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  unworldly or ethereal; "high translunary dreams"
  2. [adj]  situated beyond the moon or its orbit around the earth; "who can imagine a translunary visitor in Times Square?"
 
 Websites: 
 
 Synonyms: heavenly, superlunar, superlunar, superlunary, superlunary, translunar, translunar
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Trans"lu*na*ry\, a. [Pref. trans- + L. luna moon.]
Being or lying beyond the moon; hence, ethereal; -- opposed
to sublunary. [Obs.]
      Marlowe, bathed in the Thespian springs, Had in him
      those brave, translunary things That the first poets
      had.                                     --Drayton.
 
 Websites: 
 

 

COPYRIGHT © 2000-2003 WEBNOX CORP. HOME | ABOUT HYPERDICTIONARY