Moonly

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Moon; lunar; moonlike. archaic

    "Here and there were young moonly faces selling refreshments."

  2. 2
    Lunatic. archaic, broadly

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lunarlunar

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"Here and there were young moonly faces selling refreshments."

Etymology

From Middle English monelich, from Old English mōnlīċ (“lunar”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānalīk (“pertaining to the moon, moon-like”), equivalent to moon + -ly. Cognate with Middle Dutch maenlijc (“moonly, lunar”), German mondlich (“lunar”).

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