sublunary

adjective · nounB2

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Tính từ

adjective

1.
(historical, literary, not comparable)(chiefly historical) Situated beneath the moon; specifically, between the moon and the earth.
Đồng nghĩa: sublunar, cislunar
2.
(broadly, literary, not comparable)In or of this world (as opposed to heaven, etc.); earthly, terrestrial.
3.
(broadly, literary, not comparable)Of or relating to the material world (as opposed to clerical, sacred, or spiritual); ephemeral, temporal, worldly.
4.
(figuratively, literary, not comparable)(figurative) Inferior, subordinate.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

sublunaries

1.
(in plural, literary)A person or thing which is of the (material) world.
2.
(in plural, literary)A less important person; an inferior, a subordinate.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

sublunarcislunar

Trái nghĩa

superlunary superlunar translunar translunarycelestialetherealheavenlyotherworldly unworldly

Cùng gốc / liên quan

sublunary sphereunder the starsunder the sun

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Nguồn gốc từ

upóine-pro The adjective is a sublūnāris (sublunar, sublunary) + English -ary. Sublūnāris is derived from Latin sub- + lūnāris (of or pertaining to the moon, lunar) (from lūna (moon) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (bright; to see; to shine)) + -āris). sub- lunary.