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This is our mercury, our lunary, but whosoever thinks of any other water besides this, is ignorant and foolish, never attaining to the desired effects.
George Ripley

Meaning of "lunary" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LUNARY

lunary  [ˈluːnərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LUNARY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lunary is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LUNARY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

lunary

Lunaria

Lunaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to central and southern Europe. It includes 3 species, the annual or biennial L. annua, the perennial L. rediviva. and the rare Balkan species Lunaria telekiana The Latin name Lunaria means "moon-like" and refers to the decorative seedpods. They have hairy toothed leaves and terminal racemes of white or violet flowers in Spring and Summer, followed by prominent, translucent, disc-shaped seedpods, which are frequently seen in flower arrangements. They are widely grown as ornamental plants in gardens, and have become naturalised in many temperate areas away from their native habitat.

Definition of lunary in the English dictionary

The definition of lunary in the dictionary is the vascular plant called moonwort. Other definition of lunary is the garden plant called honesty.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LUNARY


baboonery
bəˈbuːnərɪ
buffoonery
bəˈfuːnərɪ
centenary
sɛnˈtiːnərɪ
cocoonery
kəˈkuːnərɪ
festoonery
fɛˈstuːnərɪ
greenery
ˈɡriːnərɪ
interlunary
ˌɪntəˈluːnərɪ
lacunary
ləˈkjuːnərɪ
lampoonery
læmˈpuːnərɪ
machinery
məˈʃiːnərɪ
pantaloonery
ˌpæntəˈluːnərɪ
plenary
ˈpliːnərɪ
poltroonery
pɒlˈtruːnərɪ
quaternary
kwəˈtɜːnərɪ
scenery
ˈsiːnərɪ
sublunary
sʌbˈluːnərɪ
superlunary
ˌsuːpəˈluːnərɪ
translunary
trænzˈluːnərɪ
tycoonery
taɪˈkuːnərɪ
unary
ˈjuːnərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LUNARY

lunacy
lunar
lunar caustic
lunar eclipse
lunar landing
lunar module
lunar month
lunar orbit
lunar year
lunarian
lunarist
lunarnaut
lunate
lunated
lunately
lunatic
lunatic asylum
lunatic fringe
lunatically
lunation

WORDS THAT END LIKE LUNARY

binary
canary
coronary
culinary
dictionary
disciplinary
evolutionary
extraordinary
imaginary
missionary
ordinary
out of the ordinary
precautionary
preliminary
pulmonary
revolutionary
stationary
tribunary
urinary
veterinary

Synonyms and antonyms of lunary in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lunary» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LUNARY

Find out the translation of lunary to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lunary from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lunary» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

lunary
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Lunary
570 millions of speakers

English

lunary
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

lunary
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

lunary
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

lunary
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Lunary
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

lunary
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lunaires
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lunari
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lunary
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ルーナリー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

lunary
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lunari
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lunary
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

lunary
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चंद्राचा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

lunary
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Lunary
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lunary
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

lunary
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lunary
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σεληνιακή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lunary
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lunary
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lunary
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lunary

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LUNARY»

The term «lunary» is normally little used and occupies the 144.591 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LUNARY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lunary

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QUOTES WITH «LUNARY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word lunary.
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George Ripley
This is our mercury, our lunary, but whosoever thinks of any other water besides this, is ignorant and foolish, never attaining to the desired effects.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LUNARY»

Discover the use of lunary in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lunary and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Index of Middle English Prose, Handlist IX: Manuscripts ...
67 Lunary Ashmole 189 [5] f. 68v Lunary Ashmole 189 [4] f. 67v Lunary Ashmole 8 [1] Lunary Ashmole 189 [13] f. 86 Lunary Ashmole 1 89 [ 15] f. 91 Lunary Ashmole 189 [16] f. 93 Lunary Ashmole 346 [1] f. 16v Lunary Ashmole 391 [3] art i , f.
L. M. Eldredge, 2007
2
Elements of Geometry Upon the Inductive Method
If the lunary angle IAL is incommensurable with four right-angles, we can take a measure of four right-angles so small that the remainder after dividing the angle IAL by this measure, is less than any assignable angle, which remainder we ...
James Hayward, 1829
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Elements of Geometry upon the Inductive method. To which is ...
If the lunary angle IAL is incommensurable with four right-angles, we can take a measure of four right-angles so small that the remainder after dividing the angle IAL by this measure, is less than any assignable angle, which remainder we ...
James HAYWARD (Professor of Mathematics in Harvard University.), 1829
4
Anglo-Saxon Prognostics, 900-1100: Study and Texts
MS date orig pages type sq num lang ctxt 37v-8r lunary, dreams 9.2.4/3 38r-9v dreambook 7/1 39v-40r lunary, agenda 9.2.1/1 40r lunary, illness 9.2.5/2 40rv brontology, weekday 5.1.3/2 40v month prognosis 10/1 OE ps Tiberius A. 40v-lr birth, ...
László Sándor Chardonnens, 2007
5
The Philosophy of Natural Magic
These things are Lunary, amongst the Elements, viz.: The earth, then the water, as well that of thesea as of the rivers; and all moist things, as the moisture of trees andanimals, especially they whicharewhite, asthewhites of eggs, fat, sweat, ...
Henry Cornelius Agrippa
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What Things Are Lunary Or Under the Power of the Moon
THIS 7 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Three Books of Occult Philosophy or Magic, by Henry Cornelius Agrippa. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1564591999.
Henry Cornelius Agrippa, 2010
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The Philosophy Of Natural Magic:
Amongst plants and trees, these are Lunary, as the selenotropion, which turns towards the Moon as doth the heliotropion towards the Sun; and the palmtree, which sends fortha bough at every rising ofthenew Moon. Hyssop,also, and rosemary, ...
Agrippa von Nettesheim, 2014
8
Three Books of Occult Philosophy Or Magic
Also the stone selenite (i «,, the Moon, Lunary), shining from a white body, with a yellow brightness; imitating the motion of the Moon, by having in it the figure of the Moon, which daily increaseth or decreaseth as doth the Moon. Also pearls ...
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, 2007
9
An Elementary Treatise on Plane and Solid Geometry
Degrees of Surface, Area of lunary Surface. fers most from 90° is opposite the side which differs most from 90°. 462. Corollary. If, of two angles of a spherical triangle, that which differs most from 90° is acute, the opposite side is acute ; and if it ...
Benjamin Peirce, 1870
10
Elements of Geometry...: Translated from the French for the ...
The lunary surface AMBNA (fig. 236) is to the surface of the sphere as the angle MAN of this surface is to four right angles, or as the arc MN, which measures this angle, is to the circumference. Demonstration. Let us suppose in the first place, ...
Adrien Marie Legendre, John Farrar, 1825

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LUNARY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lunary is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sub Lunary
On their long journey gently down the length of the Ganges, Frank and Helen Schreider and German Shepherd Dinah took a detour to Agra. Fortuitously, it was a ... «Outlook, Mar 15»
2
James Blunt Interview
In our arena shows, we have lunary modules on the stage. With the most incredible lights and lasers. A show that goes with the concept of the ... «MusicRemedy, May 14»
3
China's moon landing: the space race with India
2017: India plans first manned space mission. 2017: China expected to return unmanned lunary mission to earth. 2020: China intends to build ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 13»
4
When did we start believing in Martians? Why did we stop?
The idea of sophisticated life on the moon might seem absurd today, but when a story about lunary… Read more Read more. Another element ... «io9, Sep 13»
5
7 Scifi Literary and Journalistic Hoaxes that Readers Believed
The idea of sophisticated life on the moon might seem absurd today, but when a story about lunary civilization appeared in newspapers in 1835 ... «io9, Aug 13»
6
Japanese data offer mixed judgement on impact of Abenomics
January is usually low, though, and that could also be distorted by Lunary New Year trade disruptions. Imports, which came in at ¥6.13 trillion, ... «Quartz, Mar 13»
7
Discrete Space, General Relativity, Dark Matter And The Casimir Effect
... and in space at different distances from the Earth, including the position of balance between the lunary and the earth's gravitational fields. «NPR, Jun 10»
8
What Tightening? Chinese Property Accelerates Higher As Money …
Some believe that February loan growth could fall below 1 trillion yuan, partly due to fewer working days from the Chinese Lunary New Year. «The Business Insider, Feb 10»
9
Why we believe in astrology?
... also made many discoveries in astrology and said: "A most unfailing experience of the excitement of sub-lunary natures by the conjunctions ... «Times of India, Sep 09»

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« EDUCALINGO. Lunary [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/lunary>. May 2024 ».
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