"fullmoon" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fullmoons [plural]
Etymology: See full moon. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fullmoon (countable and uncountable, plural fullmoons)
  1. Alternative form of full moon. Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: full moon Derived forms: fullmooned
    Sense id: en-fullmoon-en-noun-A9GPfNpj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1881, The Lalitavistara: Or, Memoirs of the Early Life of Śákya Siñha, page 147:",
          "text": "Well, you have to wait for a while if you wish to see the pure moon, spotless as the fullmoon, surrounded by the host of stars.",
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          "ref": "1923 February 19, “Egypt Season. The Call of Luxor.”, in The Hongkong Telegraph, number 12,821, Hong Kong, →OCLC, page 11, column 4:",
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          "ref": "2005, Ken Gunther, Lilith: A Biography, page 288:",
          "text": "Like those regnant fullmoons you can feel rising before you see them, the look of her (still starbrite on the drawingboard of my nitesky recall) ascended, smiling, the backstairs of consciousness.",
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