English Explanatory Dictionary

moonling

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A simpleton; a lunatic.
  2. One who is lovesick; one who moons over a beloved.
  3. A changeling.
  4. Someone from the Moon.

Word forms

moonling moonlings

Etymology

From moon + -ling. Compare moon-related origins of lunacy and lunatic.

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