Moonshiny
adj, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Moonlit; lit by moonlight. obsolete
"When Trim, as his custom was, after he had put my uncle Toby to bed, going down one moon-shiny night to see that every thing was right at his fortifications—in the lane separated from the bowling-green with flowering shrubs and holly—he espied his Bridget."
- 2 Crazy; nonsensical; ludicrous. colloquial, dated
"Canvassing it was like fishing for salmon: you might throw out anything in the shape of a fly, the most gaudy, the most moonshiny, the most unlife-like and unrealizable thing that could be fastened upon a hook […]"
Example
More examples"When Trim, as his custom was, after he had put my uncle Toby to bed, going down one moon-shiny night to see that every thing was right at his fortifications—in the lane separated from the bowling-green with flowering shrubs and holly—he espied his Bridget."
Etymology
From moonshine + -y.
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