Selenite

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English

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Etymology

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From Selene (the Moon) +‎ -ite. From Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē, goddess of the Moon).

Noun

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Selenite (plural Selenites)

  1. (science fiction) Synonym of Lunarian (inhabitant of the Moon).
    • 1900 December – 1901 August, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “The Selenite’s Face”, in The First Men in the Moon, London: George Newnes, [], published 1901, →OCLC, page 136:
      My first impression was of some clumsy quadruped with lowered head. Then I perceived it was the slender pinched body and short and extremely attenuated bandy legs of a Selenite, with his head depressed between his shoulders.

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Adjective

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Selenite (not comparable)

  1. (science fiction) Pertaining to the inhabitants of Luna (Lunarians/Selenites).
    a Selenite colony

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Noun

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Selenite n

  1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Selenit