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 […]

See also

• minimoon
• moonette
• moonito
• moonlet

 

Anagrams

• entomo-, omento-