lunarist
lunarist noun: one who believes in the influence of the Moon on the weather of the Earth.
Noun (1)
lunarist (plural lunarists)
- One who believes in the influence of the Moon on the weather of the Earth.
- It can be safely stated, that so far as actual facts can be brought forward that are worthy of consideration, and so far as observations have been made by the very few who have already taken the trouble to examine the subject in a philosophical spirit, the lunarists have a very strong basis to work...1865, Walter Lord Browne, The moon and the weather, page 90
- The most recent adventurer in the direction of formulating a theory of the moon's influence on the weather is Mr. Hugh Clements, whose name is probably already familiar to many of our readers as that of a lunarist whose "long distance" predictions of weather have not infrequently appeared in the...1904, The Meteorological Magazine, volume 38, page 10
Noun (2) capitalized: Lunarist
Lunarist (plural Lunarists)
- Alternative form of lunarist.
- I am at length happy to be able to record in the Nautical that the terra "Lunarist" is no longer one of reproach: — that henceforward one may speculate on the agency of the moon in causing what we call "weather" without meeting with that derisive sarcasm which, even from the mouth of well meaning...1863 March, S. M. Saxby, The Nautical Magazine
- Both the Lunarists and the Astrometeorologists appeal to certain cases in which the facts coincided with their predictions; but the latter, who are the most daring in their assertions, often think themselves right when other folks might consider them wrong.1865, The Intellectual Observer, volume 6, page 105
Examples of lunarist in a sentence
- Hugh Clements, whose name is probably already familiar to many of our readers as that of a lunarist whose "long distance" predictions of weather have not infrequently appeared in the public press.1904, The Meteorological Magazine, volume 38, page 10:
- Others, apart from Saxby, also charged Fitzroy with being a lunarist.2012, Jerry Lockett, The Discovery of Weather: Stephen Saxby, the Tumultuous Birth of Weather Forecasting, and Saxby's Gale of 1869:
Forms of lunarist
| plural | lunarists |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Lunarist |
| plural | Lunarists |
Questions about lunarist
- What does lunarist mean?
- Lunarist means one who believes in the influence of the Moon on the weather of the Earth.
- How do you use lunarist in a sentence?
- Hugh Clements, whose name is probably already familiar to many of our readers as that of a lunarist whose "long distance" predictions of weather have not infrequently appeared in the public press.
- What part of speech is lunarist?
- Lunarist is a noun.
- What is the plural of lunarist?
- The plural of lunarist is lunarists.
Words near lunarist in the dictionary
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