translunary Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective situated beyond the moon or its orbit around the earth
    translunar; superlunar; superlunary.
    • who can imagine a translunary visitor in Times Square?
  2. adjective satellite unworldly or ethereal
    translunar; superlunar; superlunary.
    • high translunary dreams

WordNet


Trans"lu*na*ry adjective
Etymology
Pref. trans- + L. luna moon.
Definitions
  1. Being or lying beyond the moon; hence, ethereal; -- opposed to sublunary. Obs.
    Marlowe, bathed in the Thespian springs, Had in him those brave, translunary things That the first poets had. Drayton.

Webster 1913