lune
/luːn/
lune noun: a fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak.
Noun (1)
lune (plural lunes)
- A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak.
- Why woman, your husband is in his olde Lunes againe: […]c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- Theſe dangerous, vnſafe Lunes i'th' King, beſhrew them: / He muſt be told on't, and he ſhall[…]c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
Noun (2)
lune (plural lunes)
- A concave figure formed by the intersection of the arcs of two circles on a plane, or on a sphere the intersection between two great semicircles.
- What he worried about was any eventual convexity, a shrinking, it might be, of the planet itself to some palpable curvature of whatever he would be standing on, so that he would be left sticking out like a projected radius, unsheltered and reeling across the empty lunes of his tiny sphere.1984, Thomas Pynchon, Slow Learner
- Anything crescent-shaped.
Noun (3)
lune (plural lunes)
- A leash for a hawk.
- And thenne was he ware of a Faucon came fleynge ouer his hede toward an hyghe elme / and longe lunys aboute her feet / and she flewe vnto the elme to take her perche / the lunys ouer cast aboute a bough / And whanne she wold haue taken her flyghte / she henge by the legges fast / and syre launcelot...1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xvj”, in Le Morte Darthur, book VI
Proper noun capitalized: Lune
Lune
- A river in Cumbria and Lancashire, England, which passes Lancaster.
lune meaning in Tamil
lune in Tamil
- பிறை, நிலா, நிலவு, சந்திரன்
Forms of lune
| plural | lunes |
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Origin of lune
From Latin lūna (“moon”).
From French lune, from Latin luna.
Alteration of lyon.
Words formed from lune
Phrases with lune
Words that rhyme with lune
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- croon
- blue moon
- boon
- monsoon
- noon
- pontoon
- raccoon
- tribune
- attune
- dragoon
- hoon
- immune
- picayune
- platoon
- soon
- swoon
- tycoon
- afternoon
- baboon
- commune
- doubloon
- harpoon
- jejune
- pantaloon
- picaroon
- shalloon
- bassoon
- buffoon
- cocoon
- dabloon
- entune
- gadroon
- hewn
- impugn
- jargoon
- june
- lacune
- last chance saloon
- macaroon
- man in the moon
- maroon
- poon
- puccoon
- ratoon
- scone
- toon
- trial balloon
- troon
Questions about lune
- What does lune mean?
- Lune means a fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak.
- What is lune in Tamil?
- Lune in Tamil is பிறை, நிலா, நிலவு. See Lune meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is lune?
- Lune can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce lune?
- Lune is pronounced /luːn/.
- What is the plural of lune?
- The plural of lune is lunes.
Words near lune in the dictionary
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