sublunariann.adj.

Brit.

/ˌsʌbluːˈnɛːrɪən/, U.S.

/ˌsəbluˈnɛriən/

Forms: 1700s– sublunarian, 1900s– sublunarean.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin sublunaris , -an suffix.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin sublunaris sublunar adj. + -an suffix. Compare earlier sublunary n., sublunary adj., sublunar n., sublunar adj.In sense B. 2 probably after subterranean adj. With forms in -ean compare -ean suffix. Quot. 1710 at sense A. alludes ultimately to Galileo's discovery of the moons of Jupiter; the word sublunarians is an interpolation in the English translation (the Italian text has Con quelle stelle c'han trovato in testa ‘with those stars that they have found around his head’).

A. n.

A person who lives beneath the moon; a native or inhabitant of the earth, a mortal. Now rare.Not found in Wells (see quot. 1963).

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > [noun] > distinguished from immortal

mortalc1485

deathling1605

sublunarian1710

earth person1879

1710 J. Ozell tr. A. Tassoni Secchia Rapita ii. 51 At length came Jove; his Radiant Head was bound With Stars, by Sublunarians lately found.

1830 Calcutta Mag. Aug. 484 Moon! thou encouragest inconstancy, Which does us sub-lunarians greatly vex.

1843 Knickerbocker Sept. 263 The smile of conscious power; such a smile as Jupiter's phiz might wear when contemplating the feeble struggles of sublunarians.

1894 Littell's Living Age 23 June 718/1 For us sublunarians it has ceased to be a profitable subject of discussion.

1963 ‘A. Burgess’ in Listener & BBC Television Rev. 25 July 142/3 After ‘Phakavali’ there was ‘The Sky at Night’, with Patrick Moore and Dr T. M. Sugden most interestingly telling us about volcanoes on the moon (remember H. G. Wells and the Sublunarians?) and giving a painless lesson on spectroscopy.

B. adj.

†1. Beneath the moon; (hence) of or characteristic of this world; earthly, terrestrial, temporal. Cf. earlier sublunary adj. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [adjective] > temporal or not spiritual

temporalc1380

secular1597

sublunary1609

temporarya1616

sublunarian1852

earthside1951

1852 Morning Post 25 Oct. 3/6 True criticism consists in discrimination, which, for the present has left the literary world... When it comes back to this sublunarian sphere, a revival of the art of criticism may be looked for.

1874 Indiana (Pa.) Progress 8 Jan. I heave a sigh at the transitoriness of all sublunarian comfort.

2. Existing or operating beneath the surface of the moon. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > [adjective] > beneath

sublunar1598

sublunary1601

sublunarian1858

1858 Stars & Angels xxxv. 311 No wonder that astronomers were puzzled; there could be no mistake about the appearance of these sublunarean fires so long as the moon was dark.

1871 Ann. Reg. 1870 Chron. 144 It seemed as though a lunar mountain were being upreared by some gigantic sublunarian force.

1880 R. A. Proctor Rough Ways 108 The reinforcement of their action by the effects due to sublunarian energies.

1947 Pop. Astron. Apr. 198 Change due to sub-lunarian forces, ie, eruptive or erosive volcanic activity.

1987 W. G. Hoyt Coon Mountain Controv. i. 17 Sublunarean explosions might have been responsible for these structures.

2010 N. Järvstråt in H. Benaroya Lunar Settlem. xxvii. 367 Regardless of how the sublunarian cavities have been formed, structural integrity as well as meteorite and radiation protection is provided by the surrounding rock.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sublunarian
释义	sublunariann.adj. Brit. /ˌsʌbluːˈnɛːrɪən/, U.S. /ˌsəbluˈnɛriən/ Forms: 1700s– sublunarian, 1900s– sublunarean. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin sublunaris , -an suffix. Etymology: < post-classical Latin sublunaris sublunar adj. + -an suffix. Compare earlier sublunary n., sublunary adj., sublunar n., sublunar adj.In sense B. 2 probably after subterranean adj. With forms in -ean compare -ean suffix. Quot. 1710 at sense A. alludes ultimately to Galileo's discovery of the moons of Jupiter; the word sublunarians is an interpolation in the English translation (the Italian text has Con quelle stelle c'han trovato in testa ‘with those stars that they have found around his head’). A. n. A person who lives beneath the moon; a native or inhabitant of the earth, a mortal. Now rare.Not found in Wells (see quot. 1963). ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > [noun] > distinguished from immortal mortalc1485 deathling1605 sublunarian1710 earth person1879 1710 J. Ozell tr. A. Tassoni Secchia Rapita ii. 51 At length came Jove; his Radiant Head was bound With Stars, by Sublunarians lately found. 1830 Calcutta Mag. Aug. 484 Moon! thou encouragest inconstancy, Which does us sub-lunarians greatly vex. 1843 Knickerbocker Sept. 263 The smile of conscious power; such a smile as Jupiter's phiz might wear when contemplating the feeble struggles of sublunarians. 1894 Littell's Living Age 23 June 718/1 For us sublunarians it has ceased to be a profitable subject of discussion. 1963 ‘A. Burgess’ in Listener & BBC Television Rev. 25 July 142/3 After ‘Phakavali’ there was ‘The Sky at Night’, with Patrick Moore and Dr T. M. Sugden most interestingly telling us about volcanoes on the moon (remember H. G. Wells and the Sublunarians?) and giving a painless lesson on spectroscopy. B. adj. †1. Beneath the moon; (hence) of or characteristic of this world; earthly, terrestrial, temporal. Cf. earlier sublunary adj. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [adjective] > temporal or not spiritual temporalc1380 secular1597 sublunary1609 temporarya1616 sublunarian1852 earthside1951 1852 Morning Post 25 Oct. 3/6 True criticism consists in discrimination, which, for the present has left the literary world... When it comes back to this sublunarian sphere, a revival of the art of criticism may be looked for. 1874 Indiana (Pa.) Progress 8 Jan. I heave a sigh at the transitoriness of all sublunarian comfort. 2. Existing or operating beneath the surface of the moon. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > [adjective] > beneath sublunar1598 sublunary1601 sublunarian1858 1858 Stars & Angels xxxv. 311 No wonder that astronomers were puzzled; there could be no mistake about the appearance of these sublunarean fires so long as the moon was dark. 1871 Ann. Reg. 1870 Chron. 144 It seemed as though a lunar mountain were being upreared by some gigantic sublunarian force. 1880 R. A. Proctor Rough Ways 108 The reinforcement of their action by the effects due to sublunarian energies. 1947 Pop. Astron. Apr. 198 Change due to sub-lunarian forces, ie, eruptive or erosive volcanic activity. 1987 W. G. Hoyt Coon Mountain Controv. i. 17 Sublunarean explosions might have been responsible for these structures. 2010 N. Järvstråt in H. Benaroya Lunar Settlem. xxvii. 367 Regardless of how the sublunarian cavities have been formed, structural integrity as well as meteorite and radiation protection is provided by the surrounding rock. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1710
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