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noun
- (rare) The moon tinted towards blue as it appears in the sky, caused by dust or smoke in the atmosphere.
- (archaic) Something absurd.
- 1528, Rede Me and Be Not Wrothe, pamphlet
- : Yf they say the mone is belewe, we must believe that it is true.
- (obsolete) The third full moon in a quarter that contains four rather than the usual three full moons.
- (idiom) (context, by extension) A long time.
Etymology: Mistake in Sky & Telescope magazine in 1946, retracted nearly 60 years later.
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