new moonn.

Brit.

/ˌnjuː ˈmuːn/, U.S.

/ˈn(j)u ˈmun/

Forms: see new adj. and moon n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: new adj., moon n.¹

Etymology: < new adj. + moon n.¹ Compare Middle Dutch nieuwe māne (Dutch nieuwe maan ), Middle Low German nīe māne , and (as compound) Middle Dutch nieumane , Old High German nīemāni (Middle High German niemāne ; compare German Neumond ). Compare also ancient Greek νεομηνία (Attic νουμηνία : see neomenia n.), classical Latin lūna nova , denoting either the moon with its whole disc obscured or the first visible crescent, post-classical Latin novilunium , noviluna the period during which the moon is obscured (see novilune n.), Anglo-Norman novele lune the moon's first visible crescent (12th cent.), Middle French, French nouvelle lune new moon (14th cent.). Compare full moon n.In Old English the first element is treated as a normal adjective inflected for case and number.

1. The moon when it appears as a slender crescent shortly after its conjunction with the sun.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > phase > [noun] > new moon

new moonOE

novilune1619

OE Ælfric De Temporibus Anni (Cambr. Gg.3.28) iii. §13. 22 We cweðað þonne niwne monan æfter menniscum gewunan, ac he is æfre se ylca.

OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) ii. i. 68 Swa near þam nigonteoðan geare, swa byð se niwa mona bradra gesewen.

c1390 G. Chaucer Miller's Tale 3445 This Nicholas sat euere capyng vprighte As he had kiked on the newe moone.

?a1425 (?1373) Lelamour Herbal (1938) f. 87 (MED) Take hym while the sone is in capricornis with þe newe mone.

?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 52 As the new mone all pale oppressit with change Kythis quhilis her cleir face.

1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. xxxiii. 64/2 They pray likewise to the new Moone..and salute her with great deuotion.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 86 At the appearing of euery new Moone, they goe out to worship it.

1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 44 They look out at Night for the new Moon.

a1742 Stukely in J. Smith Panor. Sci. & Art (1815) I. 614 The [eclipsed] sun looked very sharp like a new moon.

1765 Sir Patrick Spence 25 in T. Percy Reliques Anc. Eng. Poetry I. 73 I saw the new moone Wi' the auld moone in hir arme.

1851 G. Meredith Love in Valley iv Earth to her is young as the slip of the new moon.

1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xxviii. 337 The sun had gone down, a little wisp of a new moon was following it.

1918 W. Cather My Ántonia i. xvi. 136 Under a new moon or the clear evening star, the dusty roads used to look like soft gray rivers.

1991 A. Brookner Closed Eye xii. 133 Harriet paid little attention..struck as she was by the sight of the new moon, glimpsed unluckily through the window.

2. (a) The time when the new moon appears; (also Astronomy) the time at which the moon is in conjunction with the sun and is not visible from the earth. (b) Ancient History. The ancient Hebrew festival celebrated at the time of the new moon. Cf. neomenia n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > a month or calendar month > [noun] > lunar month > periods within or phases of the moon

full moonOE

new moonOE

waningc1000

new of the moona1398

quarter?a1425

plenilune?a1475

neomeniaa1535

lunationc1549

interlune1561

wane1563

neomeny1569

dark of the moon1591

month of apparition1594

dark moon1615

plenilunium1615

moon1709

interlunation1813

quartering1880

society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > Jewish seasons and feasts > festival of new moon > [noun]

new moonOE

calendsa1382

neomenyc1384

neomeniaa1398

OE Ælfric De Temporibus Anni (Cambr. Gg.3.28) iii. §16. 24 Þis gelimpð seldon, & næfre buton on niwum monan.

OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 48 Neomenia, niwe mona.

a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 27 Ich habbe al forloren min ȝeswink on ȝeu..newe mone betere ðan æld-mone in to newe huse te wænden.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) 3 Esdras viii. 6 In þe newe mone [L. noviluno] of þe fifte monyþ.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1969) Isa. i. 13 Þe newe moone [a1425 L.V. neomenye; L. neomeniam] & sabat, & oþere festis.

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. 206 (MED) Her-on he museth euery hour..As he þat dradde to sen an hasty pryme Folowen a chaunge..after a newe moone.

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 360 Nwe mone, neomenia.

a1475 Sidrak & Bokkus (Lansd.) (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Washington) (1965) 5846 (MED) Eclipsis of þe sunne comounly Is in þe newe mone or fast by.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Chron. xxxi. 3 The burntofferynges of the Sabbath and of the new-mone and of the feastes.

a1621 W. Strachey True Reportory Wracke Sir T. Gates in S. Purchas Pilgrimes (1625) IV. ix. vi. 1742 From thence wee made to Sea.., promising if hee liued and arriued safe there, to returne vnto vs the next new Moone.

a1649 W. Drummond Poems (1656) 117 To thee give place The old New-Moons, with all festivall Daies.

1682 Riders Brit. Merlin Oct. Sow Wheat and Rie about the New Moon.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Moon Before the New Moon, the Horns were turn'd Westward.

1797 Encycl. Brit. II. 522/1 Having completed her course..she disappears; and we say it is new moon.

1864 Chambers's Encycl. VI. 556/2 A few hours after ‘new moon’, the moon appears a little to the east of the sun as a thin crescent.

1882 A. N. Field Yankee Duelist i. 4 But, sir, you couldn't guess if you were to guess till next new moon.

1958 Observer 17 Aug. 1/6 It was new moon on Friday, and the ‘lunar probe’ must be launched in the next two or three days or postponed for a month.

1970 Judaism 19 270 [This] is what Isaiah knew when he condemned our feasts and new-moon celebrations.

1990 D. H. Menzel & J. M. Pasachoff Field Guide Stars & Planets viii. 338 It is on the lunar limb and can only be seen either soon after new moon or full moon.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	new moon
释义	new moonn. Brit. /ˌnjuː ˈmuːn/, U.S. /ˈn(j)u ˈmun/ Forms: see new adj. and moon n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: new adj., moon n.¹ Etymology: < new adj. + moon n.¹ Compare Middle Dutch nieuwe māne (Dutch nieuwe maan ), Middle Low German nīe māne , and (as compound) Middle Dutch nieumane , Old High German nīemāni (Middle High German niemāne ; compare German Neumond ). Compare also ancient Greek νεομηνία (Attic νουμηνία : see neomenia n.), classical Latin lūna nova , denoting either the moon with its whole disc obscured or the first visible crescent, post-classical Latin novilunium , noviluna the period during which the moon is obscured (see novilune n.), Anglo-Norman novele lune the moon's first visible crescent (12th cent.), Middle French, French nouvelle lune new moon (14th cent.). Compare full moon n.In Old English the first element is treated as a normal adjective inflected for case and number. 1. The moon when it appears as a slender crescent shortly after its conjunction with the sun. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > phase > [noun] > new moon new moonOE novilune1619 OE Ælfric De Temporibus Anni (Cambr. Gg.3.28) iii. §13. 22 We cweðað þonne niwne monan æfter menniscum gewunan, ac he is æfre se ylca. OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) ii. i. 68 Swa near þam nigonteoðan geare, swa byð se niwa mona bradra gesewen. c1390 G. Chaucer Miller's Tale 3445 This Nicholas sat euere capyng vprighte As he had kiked on the newe moone. ?a1425 (?1373) Lelamour Herbal (1938) f. 87 (MED) Take hym while the sone is in capricornis with þe newe mone. ?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 52 As the new mone all pale oppressit with change Kythis quhilis her cleir face. 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. xxxiii. 64/2 They pray likewise to the new Moone..and salute her with great deuotion. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 86 At the appearing of euery new Moone, they goe out to worship it. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 44 They look out at Night for the new Moon. a1742 Stukely in J. Smith Panor. Sci. & Art (1815) I. 614 The [eclipsed] sun looked very sharp like a new moon. 1765 Sir Patrick Spence 25 in T. Percy Reliques Anc. Eng. Poetry I. 73 I saw the new moone Wi' the auld moone in hir arme. 1851 G. Meredith Love in Valley iv Earth to her is young as the slip of the new moon. 1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xxviii. 337 The sun had gone down, a little wisp of a new moon was following it. 1918 W. Cather My Ántonia i. xvi. 136 Under a new moon or the clear evening star, the dusty roads used to look like soft gray rivers. 1991 A. Brookner Closed Eye xii. 133 Harriet paid little attention..struck as she was by the sight of the new moon, glimpsed unluckily through the window. 2. (a) The time when the new moon appears; (also Astronomy) the time at which the moon is in conjunction with the sun and is not visible from the earth. (b) Ancient History. The ancient Hebrew festival celebrated at the time of the new moon. Cf. neomenia n. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a month or calendar month > [noun] > lunar month > periods within or phases of the moon full moonOE new moonOE waningc1000 new of the moona1398 quarter?a1425 plenilune?a1475 neomeniaa1535 lunationc1549 interlune1561 wane1563 neomeny1569 dark of the moon1591 month of apparition1594 dark moon1615 plenilunium1615 moon1709 interlunation1813 quartering1880 society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > Jewish seasons and feasts > festival of new moon > [noun] new moonOE calendsa1382 neomenyc1384 neomeniaa1398 OE Ælfric De Temporibus Anni (Cambr. Gg.3.28) iii. §16. 24 Þis gelimpð seldon, & næfre buton on niwum monan. OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 48 Neomenia, niwe mona. a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 27 Ich habbe al forloren min ȝeswink on ȝeu..newe mone betere ðan æld-mone in to newe huse te wænden. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) 3 Esdras viii. 6 In þe newe mone [L. noviluno] of þe fifte monyþ. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1969) Isa. i. 13 Þe newe moone [a1425 L.V. neomenye; L. neomeniam] & sabat, & oþere festis. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. 206 (MED) Her-on he museth euery hour..As he þat dradde to sen an hasty pryme Folowen a chaunge..after a newe moone. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 360 Nwe mone, neomenia. a1475 Sidrak & Bokkus (Lansd.) (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Washington) (1965) 5846 (MED) Eclipsis of þe sunne comounly Is in þe newe mone or fast by. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Chron. xxxi. 3 The burntofferynges of the Sabbath and of the new-mone and of the feastes. a1621 W. Strachey True Reportory Wracke Sir T. Gates in S. Purchas Pilgrimes (1625) IV. ix. vi. 1742 From thence wee made to Sea.., promising if hee liued and arriued safe there, to returne vnto vs the next new Moone. a1649 W. Drummond Poems (1656) 117 To thee give place The old New-Moons, with all festivall Daies. 1682 Riders Brit. Merlin Oct. Sow Wheat and Rie about the New Moon. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Moon Before the New Moon, the Horns were turn'd Westward. 1797 Encycl. Brit. II. 522/1 Having completed her course..she disappears; and we say it is new moon. 1864 Chambers's Encycl. VI. 556/2 A few hours after ‘new moon’, the moon appears a little to the east of the sun as a thin crescent. 1882 A. N. Field Yankee Duelist i. 4 But, sir, you couldn't guess if you were to guess till next new moon. 1958 Observer 17 Aug. 1/6 It was new moon on Friday, and the ‘lunar probe’ must be launched in the next two or three days or postponed for a month. 1970 Judaism 19 270 [This] is what Isaiah knew when he condemned our feasts and new-moon celebrations. 1990 D. H. Menzel & J. M. Pasachoff Field Guide Stars & Planets viii. 338 It is on the lunar limb and can only be seen either soon after new moon or full moon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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