lune

Meaning

Noun

  • A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak.
  • A concave figure formed by the intersection of the arcs of two circles on a plane, or on a sphere the intersection between two great semicircles.
  • Anything crescent-shaped.
  • A leash for a hawk.

Origin

  • From Latin luna ("moon").
  • From French lune, from Latin luna.
  • Alteration of lyon.

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