lunes

[loonz] Origin

lunes

[loonz]
noun (used with a plural verb)
Archaic. fits of madness.

Origin:
1605–15; < French, Middle French, plural of lune caprice < Medieval Latin lūna fit of lunacy, special use of Latin lūna moon; compare German Laune

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Lunes is always a great word to know.
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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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lune

1[loon]
noun
1.
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
2.
a crescent-shaped figure bounded by two arcs of circles, either on a plane or a spherical surface.

Origin:
1695–1705; < Latin lūna moon

lune

2[loon]
noun Falconry.
a line for securing a hawk.

Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English, variant of loyn < Middle French loigne longe
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lune
figure formed by two arcs of circles, 1704, from L. luna "moon" (see luna).
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