blue moon



blue moon

A long, albeit vague, period of time. Often used in the phrase "once in a blue moon." I haven't seen you in blue moon, Pete! What are you doing these days?
See also: blue, moon

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
MareMAH-re (Croatian)Estonian, Slovene, Macedonian, Croatian
Radulf-Ancient Germanic
Mindaugas-Lithuanian
Itamar-Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Liannelee-ANEnglish (Rare)
Paulu-Corsican