Moonful

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An amount sufficient to fill the moon.

    "For suggestion of what one may really do, and for impelling one toward the practicable best, I find this book worth a moonful of " Consuelos.""

Adjective
  1. 1
    Marked by the presence of the moon. not-comparable

    "Near-synonym: moonlit"

  2. 2
    Resembling the moon in some manner, such as being round, bright, etc. not-comparable

    "The cattle-shed is equally curious, containing specimens of the genus Bos, the Brahmin cattle with their mild moonful eyes, […]"

Synonyms

All synonyms
moonlit

Example

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"She sobbed herself to sleep and then dreamed she was walking on a beach on a moonful night, a strange but distantly known city on the horizon."

Etymology

From moon + -ful.

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