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moonery

moonery noun: the conduct of one who moons.

Noun

moonery (uncountable)

  1. (dated, rare) The conduct of one who moons.
    • […] is it not melancholy to hear a man like Steffens somniloquise in such a mystifying cant of Hylozoism, of Pickism, a hodge-podge of the grossest materialism, and the most fantastic yet maudlin moonery?a. 1834, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Marginalia

Origin of moonery

From moon + -ery.

Questions about moonery

What does moonery mean?
Moonery means the conduct of one who moons.
What part of speech is moonery?
Moonery is a noun.

Words near moonery in the dictionary

  1. Moonee Beach
  2. Moonee Ponds
  3. Moonee Valley
  4. mooner
  5. mooners
  6. moonery
  7. moonet
  8. moonets
  9. moonette
  10. moonettes
  11. mooney

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