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Lunite

Lunite noun: synonym of Lunarian (“inhabitant of the Moon”).

Noun

Lunite (plural Lunites)

  1. (archaic) Synonym of Lunarian (“inhabitant of the Moon”).
    • "Our situation," Lamar remarked, "is similar to that which a Lunite might have encountered had he visited New England in 1690. Any wretch who claimed ancestry among the people of the moon in those days, would have been convicted of witchcraft and burned at the stake without mercy."1933 February, Julian Kendig, Jr., “The Eternal Mask”, in Amazing Stories, volume 7, number 11, page 1036, column 2
    Synonyms:
    Lunarian

Synonyms of Lunite

Forms of Lunite

pluralLunites

Origin of Lunite

From Lun(a) (“the Moon”) + -ite.

Questions about Lunite

What does Lunite mean?
Lunite means synonym of Lunarian (“inhabitant of the Moon”).
What part of speech is Lunite?
Lunite is a noun.
What is the plural of Lunite?
The plural of Lunite is Lunites.

Words near Lunite in the dictionary

  1. lunisolar calendars
  2. lunisolar year
  3. lunisolar years
  4. lunistice
  5. lunistices
  6. Lunite
  7. Lunites
  8. lunitidal
  9. Lunix
  10. lunk
  11. lunker

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