moonet

English

Etymology

moon +‎ -et

Noun

moonet (plural moonets)

  1. (archaic) A little moon; a moonlet.
    • 1658, Joseph Hall, The Devout Soul, Or, Rules of Heavenly Devotion Also the Free Prisoner, Or, the Comfort of Restraint:
      […] they may discover a better face of heaven; some lesser planets moving round about the sun, and the moonets about Saturn and Jupiter […]

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