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moonchild

moonchild noun: a Cancerian.

Noun

moonchild (plural moonchildren)

  1. (euphemistic) A Cancerian.
    • The punk icon and bottle-blond beauty is a moonchild who, like most Cancer women, has a "heart of glass."2007, Holiday Mathis, Rock Your Stars: Your Astrological Guide to Getting It All

Forms of moonchild

pluralmoonchildren
alternative formmoon-child
alternative formmoon child

Origin of moonchild

From moon + child, because the ruling planet of Cancer is the Moon. The term is used to avoid the negative connotations of the word cancer.

Questions about moonchild

What does moonchild mean?
Moonchild means a Cancerian.
What part of speech is moonchild?
Moonchild is a noun.
What is the plural of moonchild?
The plural of moonchild is moonchildren.

Words near moonchild in the dictionary

  1. moonburns
  2. mooncake
  3. mooncakes
  4. mooncalf
  5. mooncalves
  6. moonchild
  7. moonchildren
  8. moonclad
  9. mooncraft
  10. mooncrafts
  11. mooncrete

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