mooneryn.
/ˈmuːnəri/, U.S. /ˈmunəri/ Now historical and rare.
Listless or aimless idling or contemplation. Cf. mooning n. 1.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun]
accidiaOE
accidie?c1225
lethargyc1380
faintness1398
lithernessc1425
listlesshedec1440
owlisthead1440
supinity1548
lustlessness1556
benumbedness1566
phlegm1578
apoplexy1589
acedia1607
torpor1607
drowsiness1611
torpidity1614
languishmentc1620
hebetude1621
acedy1623
inerty1623
supineness1640
listlessness1646
cadaveriety1651
inertitude1656
oscitation1656
torpulency1657
sopor1658
phlegmaticness1659
lethargicalness1664
torpidnessa1676
faineantisea1684
phlegmatism1688
vis inertiae1710
torpitude1713
moonery1764
donothingness1814
benumbment1817
inertia1821
languor1825
donothingism1839
Mondayishness1850
mooniness1852
mooning1857
fainéantisme1873
sog1874
Oblomovism1902
the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > [noun]
wanderinga1300
evagationc1425
vagrancy1642
moonery1764
mooning1857
1764 T. Twining Let. 8 Jan. in Select. Lett. I. 43 Pray, Sir, by your frequent mention of mooning, moonies, &c. do you mean to allude to the honey-moon, or would you insinuate that I am in high moonery?
a1834 S. T. Coleridge in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 131 (1882) 119/2 The most fantastic yet maudlin moonery.
1870 H. Walker in Diprose's Standard Song Bk. & Reciter 80/1 Capital fun, not to be done, Spoonery, moonery; no! no!
2000 C.-A. Mihăilescu in J. L. Borges This Craft of Verse (Notes) 128 His [sc. Leopold Lugones']Lunario sentimental (Sentimental Moonery) (Buenos Aires: Moen, 1909) is an eclectic volume of poetry, short stories, and plays that revolve around the theme of the moon.
2004 P. Franssen in C. M. S. Alexander Shakespeare & Pol. xi. 194 Again Jonson discourages him: this is just ‘moonery’, a new version of the earlier dreams of Empire.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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