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moonly

moonly adjective: of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Moon; lunar; moonlike.

Adjective

moonly (comparative more moonly, superlative most moonly)

  1. (archaic) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Moon; lunar; moonlike.
    • Here and there were young moonly faces selling refreshments.1839, James Silk Buckingham, John Sterling, Frederick Denison Maurice, The Athenæum
    • Then, the regenerative process will be changed; the moonly changes will begin to go the reverse way around the zodiac. Ladies will observe that the time of their moonly weakness will come one sign earlier or about two and a half days […]1888, Hiram Erastus Butler, The Esoteric
  2. (archaic, broadly) Lunatic.

Forms of moonly

comparativemore moonly
superlativemost moonly

Origin of moonly

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”).

Questions about moonly

What does moonly mean?
Moonly means of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Moon; lunar; moonlike.
What part of speech is moonly?
Moonly is an adjective.

Words near moonly in the dictionary

  1. moonlike
  2. moonling
  3. moonlings
  4. moonlit
  5. moonlitten
  6. moonly
  7. moonman
  8. moonmen
  9. moonmilk
  10. moonmoon
  11. moonmoons

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