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waxing moon

noun

Etymology

From waxing + moon. Compare Middle English wexinge of the mone, þe waxyng of moone, waxinge of þe mone, wexinge of þe mone (literally “(the) waxing of the moon”).

  1. inherited from *mḗh₁n̥s✻ — “moon; month”
  2. inherited from *mēnô✻ — “moon”
  3. inherited from *mānō✻
  4. inherited from mōna — “moon”
  5. inherited from mon
  6. formed as waxing moon — “waxing + moon”

Definitions

  1. A moon (usually the Moon, that is, Earth's moon) when it appears larger each night as it…

    A moon (usually the Moon, that is, Earth's moon) when it appears larger each night as it progresses from a new moon to a full moon: a moon in any of the increasing lunar phases.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA