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superlunary, a. (n.)|s(j)uːpəˈl(j)uːnərɪ|
[f. L. super super- 1 + lūna moon + -ary, after sublunary.]
Situated above or beyond the moon; belonging to a higher world, celestial; fig. extravagant: the opposite of sublunary.
1614Purchas Pilgrimage i. ii. (ed. 2) 8 Our sense, which thence receiueth Light, and there in the æthereall region seeth new Starres and superlunarie Comets. 1634T. Carew Cœlum Brit. Wks. (1824) 156 Jupiter hath before a frequent convocation of the superlunary peeres recanted. 1676Marvell Mr. Smirke 31 This superlunary instance does not serve in the least to confirme his Argument that he makes against the Authors words. 1708H. Dodwell Expl. Dial. Justin 78 Genius, a Dæmon,..a Superlunary Being, whom he supposes to have a Language proper to their own Kind. 1742Young Nt. Th. vi. 756 Other ambition than of crowns in air, And superlunary felicities. 1837Carlyle Misc. Ess., Diam. Necklace (1872) V. 159 The foolish Cardinal, since no sublunary means..will serve, has taken to the superlunary. 1885Meredith Diana xliii, As for her superlunary sphere, it was in fragments.
†b. n. A superlunary being. Obs.
1708H. Dodwell Expl. Dial. Justin 80 They were not Superlunaries (as Mr. Chishull supposes). |