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Definition: Blue Moon |
Blue MoonNoun1. (informal) a long time; "something that happens once in blue moon almost never happens". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Geography | Phenomena caused by the presence in the atmosphere of an appreciable quantity of particles which selectively attenuate the longer-wave lunar radiations relative to those which correspond to blu e. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Blue Moon Once in a blue moon. Very rarely indeed. On December 10th, 1883, we had a "blue moon." The winter was unusually mild. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Diuturnity | Noun: diuturnity; a long time, a length of time; an age, a century, an eternity; slowness; perpetuity; blue moon, coon's age, dog's age. |
Infrequency | Once; once in a blue moon; once in a million years; once for all, once in a way; pro hac vice. |
Adverb: seldom, rarely, scarcely, hardly; not often, not much, infrequently, unfrequently, unoften; scarcely, scarcely ever, hardly ever; once in a blue moon. | |
Neverness | Noun: "neverness"; absence of time, no time; dies non; Tib's eve; Greek Kalends, a blue moon. |
Unconformity | Once in a blue moon, once in a million years. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Movie/TV Titles | Once in a Blue Moon (1935) The Blue Moon (1920) Pale Blue Moon (2001) Once in a Blue Moon (1995) Blue Moon (1986) | |
Song Titles | Once In A Very Blue Moon (performing artist: Nanci Griffith) Blue Moon (performing artist: The Marcels) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | James T. Powers in The blue moon. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Expressions using "blue moon": a blue moon ♦ once in a blue moon. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "blue moon"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | jednou za uherský mìsíc (once in a blue moon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Lune bleue. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | alle jubeljahre einmal (once in a blue moon), alle Jubeljahre (once in a blue moon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | פעם ביובל (once in a blue moon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | sohanapja. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ueblay oonmay acontecimento raro (once in a blue moon, rare event). (various references) din an în paşte (once in a blue moon). (various references) muy raramente (once in a blue moon). (various references) ไม่บ่อย (once in a blue moon). (various references) kırk yılda bir (far between, few and far, once in a blue moon, once in a lifetime). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-l-m-n-o-o-u" | |
-1 letter: nelumbo. | |
-3 letters: bloom, blume, boule, lemon, lumen, melon, noble, obole, oleum, umbel. | |
-4 letters: blue, bole, bolo, bone, boom, boon, ebon, enol, leno, lobe, lobo, lone, loom, loon, lube, lune, meno, menu, meou, mole, mono, mool, moon, moue, mule, muon, neum, noel, nolo, nome, numb, oboe, obol, oleo, omen, umbo, unbe. | |
-5 letters: bel, ben, boo. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-l-m-n-o-o-u" | |
+4 letters: compoundable. | |
+5 letters: neuroblastoma, uncomfortable, unconformable. | |
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