interlunar means of the four-day period between an old moon and a new moon, when the moon is not visible. It carries an Arena rating of 1742, earned across 18 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, interlunar ranks #860 of 17,149 for Most Exacting Words, #879 of 17,130 for Most Beautiful Words, #1,057 of 17,126 for Most Elegant Words, #1,572 of 17,124 for Most Sublime Words.
Why “interlunar” is a great word
Of or relating to the period when the moon is invisible between the old moon and the new. Formed within English from the prefix inter- (meaning 'between') and the adjective lunar (meaning 'of or relating to the moon'), modeled on the Latin word interlunis. First recorded in English 1590–1600. Unlike 'lunation,' which names the full cycle of phases, or 'crescent,' which denotes the visible, slender curve of waxing or waning light, interlunar isolates the absolute dark at the center of things. It is the blind eye of the sky, the tidal pool emptied to black mud, and the suspended breath between one cosmic exhalation and the next—a darkness that is not an end, but a necessary, unobserved hinge of the cycle.
Etymology
From inter- + lunar: compare Latin interlunis.
adj
- Of the four-day period between an old moon and a new moon, when the moon is not visible.
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