translunary
- adjective
- /trænˈslʌnəri/
- Archaic
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translunar
- The translunary beauty of the stars captivated everyone.
Examples
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Such beauty, she thought, could only exist in a translunary realm.
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The poet wrote about a translunary world untouched by human sorrow.
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He longed for adventures in translunary regions beyond mortal reach.
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Her ideas were so translunary that no one could understand them.
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The poet wrote about a translunary world untouched by human sorrow.
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Such beauty, she thought, could only exist in a translunary realm.
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He longed for adventures in translunary regions beyond mortal reach.
Synonyms
28
8.9
Relating to the stars or to a world beyond the body that is not physical
7
9.6
Beyond the natural world and ordinary experience
1
9.8
Light and delicate with a feeling of something not physical
Beyond the moon and ordinary life, like something from another world
Things that exist beyond the moon and seem strange
Not of this world and seeming like a dream
Beyond the physical world and normal human experience
A thing that seems from another world and gives a calm, spiritual feeling
About things that exist in more than one world or universe
Antonyms
How Otherworldly
- Literature
22
8.8
- Literature
36
7.8
- Archaic
2
8.2
75
4.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Translunary comes from the parts trans- ('across' or 'beyond') and lunar ('moon'), so it literally means 'beyond the moon'. That's why translunary describes things that feel unworldly or like they come from another, moonlit world.