English Explanatory Dictionary

moonly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Moon; lunar; moonlike.
  2. Lunatic.

Word forms

moonly more moonly most moonly

Etymology

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”).

Related words

moonish moonlike moony
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