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moonlings

moonlings is the plural of moonling.

Meaning of moonling

Noun

moonling (plural moonlings)

  1. (archaic) A simpleton; a lunatic.
    • I have a husband, and a two-legg'd one, But such a moonling, as no wit of man, Or roses can redeem from being an ass.1616, The Devil is an Ass
  2. (archaic, poetic) One who is lovesick; one who moons over a beloved.
    • The sky was not quite as blue as her—Thunderation, he was no moonling!2011, Barbara Metzger, A Suspicious Affair
  3. A changeling.
    • "I see. He's a black man. But Jacob Millhaven is not black. Eldridge was left on his doorstep as a baby, and the philosopher adopted him." "Oh! Then he's a moonling! He doesn't seem to suffer from any stigma."2011, M. P. Rogers, Oona Paraselene, page 140
  4. Someone from the Moon.
    • A shy moonling hangs on the suit of an astronaut and is taken back to earth.1981, Ruth Beall Heinig, Lyda Stillwell, Creative Drama for the Classroom Teacher, page 248

Questions about moonlings

What is moonlings the plural of?
Moonlings is the plural of moonling.

Words near moonlings in the dictionary

  1. moonlightings
  2. moonlights
  3. moonlighty
  4. moonlike
  5. moonling
  6. moonlings
  7. moonlit
  8. moonlitten
  9. moonly
  10. moonman
  11. moonmen

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