Saturday, April 18, 2009

Sheer Lunacy: Key

Sheer Lunacy: Key

Blue moon: the third full moon in a season with four full moons
Cislunar: lying between the Earth and the Moon

Esbat: a neopagan celebration held on he full moon of every month

Gibbous: a) convexly rounded b) seen with more than half, but not all of a disc revealed c) having a hump d) all of the above.

Harvest moon: full moon nearest the autumnal equinox
Hunter’s moon: the moon after the harvest moon.

Lunacy: insanity or extreme folly

Lunatic Fringe: members of a movement espousing extreme, eccentric or fanatical views

Moonlighting: to hold a second job

Moonshine: a) the light of the moon b) intoxicating brew generally distilled illegally or at home c) empty talk d) all of the above.

Moon-struck: romantic sentimentality to the point of being mentally unbalanced.

Dark Moon: the period when the moon is in conjunction with the sun and is not visible to the naked eye

Selenium: a non-metallic chemical that varies in electrical conductivity based on the intensity of its illumination.

Sanguine Moon: another name for the Hunter’s moon

Waning: to grow gradually smaller

Waxing: the increase in size, volume or duration.

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