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Definition of Translunary
1. Adjective. Situated beyond the moon or its orbit around the earth. "Who can imagine a translunary visitor in Times Square?"
2. Adjective. Unworldly or ethereal. "High translunary dreams"
Definition of Translunary
1. a. Being or lying beyond the moon; hence, ethereal; -- opposed to sublunary.
Definition of Translunary
1. Adjective. Situated beyond or above the moon; superlunary. ¹
2. Adjective. Celestial, rather than earthly. ¹
3. Adjective. Ideal; visionary. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Translunary
Literary usage of Translunary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1894)
"Other illustrations greatly assist the argument. "BRAVE translunary THINGS," FROM
THE WORKS IN PROSE AND VERSE OF BEN JONSON. Selected by ALEXANDER B. ..."
2. The Chief American Prose Writers by Norman Foerster (1916)
"He had "fine translunary things"4 in him. His better style as a writer is in keeping
... 4 "Brave translunary things." (Donne's "Dedication of Eleonora. ..."
3. Essays and Studies by John Churton Collins (1895)
"His genius and temper have been admirably described by Drayton:— Next Marlowe,
bathed in the Thespian springs, Had in him those brave translunary things ..."
4. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Franklin Benjamin Sanborn (1893)
"man that lived here, and would be a poet, for instance, should have in him
certain "brave, translunary things," and a "fine madness" should possess his ..."
5. Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced by John Bartlett (1906)
"Had in him those brave translunary things That the first poets had. (Said of
Marlowe.) To Henry Reynolds, of Poeti and Potsy. For that fine madness still he ..."
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