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Definition of Moonstruck
1. Adjective. Insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon.
Language type: Colloquialism
Similar to: Insane
Derivative terms: Lunacy, Lunacy
Definition of Moonstruck
1. a. Mentally affected or deranged by the supposed influence of the moon; lunatic.
Definition of Moonstruck
1. Adjective. (obsolete) crazy or insane when affected by the phases of the Moon. ¹
2. Adjective. (context: by extension) Showing irrational behaviour, especially of a romantic or sentimental nature. ¹
3. Adjective. (obsolete) Made sick, or (like fishes) unsuitable for food, by the supposed influence of the Moon. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Moonstruck
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Moonstruck
1. 1. Mentally affected or deranged by the supposed influence of the moon; lunatic. 2. Produced by the supposed influence of the moon. "Moonstruck madness." 3. Made sick by the supposed influence of the moon, as a human being; made unsuitable for food, as fishes, by such supposed influence. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Moonstruck
Literary usage of Moonstruck
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Unaddressed Letters by Frank Athelstane Swettenham (1904)
"XXVII moonstruck ONCE I suggested to you that the greatest facts of life are, in
English, expressed by the smallest words, and, with that dainty, ..."
2. Essay on the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases: Terms and Nursery Rhymes by John Bellenden Ker (1840)
"Johnson says moonstruck is affected by the Moon ! AN ASTROLOGER ; the Fortune-teller ;
now supplanted by the Gypsy; an as ter ho loge V ; qe here's one who ..."
3. Over the Teacups by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1891)
"... the inventors of perpetual motion, and the rest of the moonstruck dreamers,
most persons will confess to themselves that they have had notions as wild, ..."
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