plenilune

English

Etymology

From Latin plēnilūnium, from plēnus (“full”) + lūna (“moon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpliːnɪluːn/

Noun

plenilune (plural plenilunes)

1. (poetic) The full moon.
   • 1600 (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Cynthias Reuels, or The Fountayne of Selfe-Loue. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC:

     Whose glory (like a lasting Plenilune) Seems ignorant of what it is to wane

   • 1922, Clark Ashton Smith, Desire of Vastness:

     And white limbs glitter in the plenilune; / And where a voice more human, more divine, / Commends a brother dead to Proserpine.

Related terms

• plenilunary

Further reading

• “plenilune”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.