moonyadj.

Brit.

/ˈmuːni/, U.S.

/ˈmuni/

Forms: 1500s– moony, 1600s moonie, 1800s mooney.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: moon n.¹, -y suffix¹, moon v.

Etymology: < moon n.¹ + -y suffix¹; in senses 4 and 5 < moon v. + -y suffix¹.

1. Of or belonging to the moon; resembling or characteristic of the moon; like that of the moon.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > [adjective]

monthlyOE

lunary1561

moonya1586

lunar1626

Cynthian1632

selenian1669

selenica1832

selenitic1863

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. ix. sig. Nn2^v What mou'd me to inuite Your presence (sister deare) first to my Moony spheare.

1789 W. Blake Cradle Song in Songs of Innocence Sweet dreams of pleasant streams, By happy silent moony beams.

1875 G. MacDonald Malcolm III. x. 148 The cave shone silvery gray, with a faint moony sparkle.

1924 C. Mackenzie Old Men of Sea xvi. 278 We sat for a long time..and watched the island swimming before us in the moony radiance.

1988 M. Cohen Living on Water 83 If there was a moon, the white light reflected off the snow would create a ghostly glow... In that moony glow her lips and tongue were the colours of death.

a. Shaped like a crescent moon, lunate; patterned with crescents. Also: having the crescent as an emblem or ensign (usually denoting a Muslim power).

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the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [adjective] > crescent-shaped

hornedc1400

semilunar1598

crescent1603

moony1605

mooned1607

half-mooned1611

lunary1623

lunar1635

semilunary1638

lunated1673

lunulated1705

moon-shaped1709

semi-lunated1726

lunular1728

lunulate1760

sickle-shaped1764

crescent-shaped1776

lunate1777

moonified1795

crescented1818

crescentic1835

semilunate1841

crescentric1851

demilune1885

crescentoid1887

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [adjective] > crescent

mooned1599

moony1605

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. ii. 47 The Moonie Standards of proud Ottoman.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 567 They clash with manly force their Moony Shields.

1717 E. Fenton Poems 221 The miscreant Moony Host, Before the Victor-Cross shall fly.

1841 T. H. White Fragm. Italy & Rhineland 9 The moony standards, and hooked sabres of the Turks, blend with the argent crosses on the red fields which emblaze the bucklers of the Christian Knights.

1985 F. Raphael Heaven & Earth v. 83 He had large hands with moony nails, very clean and rather long.

b. Shaped like a full moon; (esp. of a person's face) large and flattish.

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the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [adjective] > circular

trendledc1220

circle-likea1420

circular1430

compass?1523

compassed1551

circled1578

circuled1582

orbal1603

circulary1610

wheely1708

spherical1730

encircular1806

sphered1820

wheeled1820

moony1836

wheel-shaped1895

1836 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 39 670 He was large and stout with a very red face, full and moony.

1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. x. 91 An oilcake-fed style of business-gentleman with mooney spectacles.

1958 A. Wilson Middle Age of Mrs Eliot I. 29 Moony, too, was perhaps the adjective to describe her face, for it was heavily made up in the Dutch doll manner—plump, smooth and lifeless.

1989 ‘C. Roman’ Foreplay ii. 16 Kicking and punching, ripping one girl's glasses from her moony face.

3. Illuminated by moonlight, moonlit; (also) resembling or of the colour of moonlight.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [adjective] > resembling moonlight > moonlit

moonlight1584

moonshine1587

moonshiny1602

moonshining1638

moony1648

moonlit1783

moon-bright1790

moonlighted1811

mooned1831

moon-litten1845

the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [adjective] > resembling moonlight

moony1830

moonshiny1834

1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. N8^v Mildly disparkling,..like those mites Of Candi'd dew in Moony nights.

1830 W. Taylor Hist. Surv. German Poetry I. 292 The scenery of Klopstock is always illuminated by a moony twilight, a misty glory.

1883 G. MacDonald Donal Grant II. xvii. 187 On the moony side [of the street] people..could recognize each other two houses away.

1924 R. Macaulay Orphan Island xi. 116 She smiled sweetly at Flora and the moony sea.

1992 Harper's Mag. Mar. 50/2 The stars we knew spun, only for us, in the high, moony night above Charlotte.

†4. slang. Slightly drunk; tipsy. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1841 Bentley's Misc. May 460 The moony state of Mrs. Wrigglesby's optics prevented her from observing his flushed cheeks and grog-moistened lips.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Mooney, not quite intoxicated, but unfitted for duty.

1872 R. G. Latham Dict. Eng. Lang. Moony, tipsy. Colloquial.

5. Inclined to moon about or act in a listless or aimless manner; given to mooning or wistful contemplation; dreamily distracted.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective]

unlustyc1225

sleepyc1384

phlegmatica1400

listlessc1440

owlist1440

unlisty1440

phlegmyc1450

sweyntc1450

supine1554

resty1565

unactive1591

sleepy-headed1600

log-like1602

inertious1611

stupefied?1611

lethargic1612

sedentary1625

torpent1647

torpid1656

torpulent1657

softly1664

inert1774

vegetative1789

spiritless1798

unenergetic1805

sloomy1820

slow-going1825

inenergetic1826

comatose1828

moony1847

mooning1864

torpid-minded1909

narcoleptic1965

vegged1986

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > [adjective]

bemazed?c1225

madc1300

maskedc1300

marreda1375

astoniedc1386

adasedc1450

astonished1513

moping1566

bewandered1574

dizzy1579

westy1598

night-wildered1652

disconcerted1686

muzzy1723

flustered1743

bewildered1760

flurried1775

muddled1790

thought-bewildered1796

bedazzled1805

muggy1824

mused1842

moony1847

beflustered1864

bemused1880

snarled1881

bedazed1882

bemuddled1883

disoriented1957

disorientated1959

wifty1973

1847 A. Helps Friends in Council I. vi. 98 He probably pointed out Horace to his sons, as a moony kind of man, whose ways were much to be avoided.

1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs xliii. 170 Casting upon the reflection of his white neck-cloth a pleased moony smile.

1879 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times II. xxiii. 170 It was agreed..that he [sc. Louis Napoleon] was a fatuous, dreamy, moony, impracticable, stupid young man.

1911 L. Robinson Harvest 38 She's so queer and moony the last three or four days.

1967 P. Bailey At Jerusalem ii. 134 You see how often I have to scold him for not concentrating... How he went off tonight in the middle of the meal, his face all moony.

1990 Dancing Times Oct. 34/1 In this production the Prince is spectacularly moony—notably in Act III, in which he has to sit ostentatiously nursing the feather Odette presented to him.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	moony
释义	moonyn. Brit. /ˈmuːni/, U.S. /ˈmuni/ Forms: 1900s– moonie, 1900s– moony. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: moon n.¹, -y suffix⁶. Etymology: < moon n.¹ (see sense 14 at that entry) + -y suffix⁶. Compare also earlier moon v. 4, mooning n. 5, mooner n. 3. Chiefly British colloquial. An act of exposing one's buttocks; = moon n.¹ 14. Esp. in to do a moony. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > other gestures > [noun] > other irpe1601 impression1613 eye-roll1928 air-punching1953 moony1987 tomahawk chop1991 facepalm1996 1987 Ripple (Leicester Univ.) 13 Nov. 3/2 The Moonie Squad... The bare-cheeked boys return to horrify you with their behinds. 1990 A. Beevor Inside Brit. Army xviii. 219 A sapper captain..was still angry that one of his best NCOs ‘was busted for doing a Moonie in front of a barmaid’ and promptly left the Army. 1994 Ticket Aug. 9/2 The majorettes, now in short, black micro-frocks which slip-up and prompt the blonde one to flash the odd moony. 2000 Evening Chron. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 27 Nov. (Entertainer Extra) 25 He once did a moony on stage in Italy unaware that the Pope was watching. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). moonyadj. Brit. /ˈmuːni/, U.S. /ˈmuni/ Forms: 1500s– moony, 1600s moonie, 1800s mooney. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: moon n.¹, -y suffix¹, moon v. Etymology: < moon n.¹ + -y suffix¹; in senses 4 and 5 < moon v. + -y suffix¹. 1. Of or belonging to the moon; resembling or characteristic of the moon; like that of the moon. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > [adjective] monthlyOE lunary1561 moonya1586 lunar1626 Cynthian1632 selenian1669 selenica1832 selenitic1863 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. ix. sig. Nn2^v What mou'd me to inuite Your presence (sister deare) first to my Moony spheare. 1789 W. Blake Cradle Song in Songs of Innocence Sweet dreams of pleasant streams, By happy silent moony beams. 1875 G. MacDonald Malcolm III. x. 148 The cave shone silvery gray, with a faint moony sparkle. 1924 C. Mackenzie Old Men of Sea xvi. 278 We sat for a long time..and watched the island swimming before us in the moony radiance. 1988 M. Cohen Living on Water 83 If there was a moon, the white light reflected off the snow would create a ghostly glow... In that moony glow her lips and tongue were the colours of death. 2. a. Shaped like a crescent moon, lunate; patterned with crescents. Also: having the crescent as an emblem or ensign (usually denoting a Muslim power). ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [adjective] > crescent-shaped hornedc1400 semilunar1598 crescent1603 moony1605 mooned1607 half-mooned1611 lunary1623 lunar1635 semilunary1638 lunated1673 lunulated1705 moon-shaped1709 semi-lunated1726 lunular1728 lunulate1760 sickle-shaped1764 crescent-shaped1776 lunate1777 moonified1795 crescented1818 crescentic1835 semilunate1841 crescentric1851 demilune1885 crescentoid1887 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [adjective] > crescent mooned1599 moony1605 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. ii. 47 The Moonie Standards of proud Ottoman. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 567 They clash with manly force their Moony Shields. 1717 E. Fenton Poems 221 The miscreant Moony Host, Before the Victor-Cross shall fly. 1841 T. H. White Fragm. Italy & Rhineland 9 The moony standards, and hooked sabres of the Turks, blend with the argent crosses on the red fields which emblaze the bucklers of the Christian Knights. 1985 F. Raphael Heaven & Earth v. 83 He had large hands with moony nails, very clean and rather long. b. Shaped like a full moon; (esp. of a person's face) large and flattish. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [adjective] > circular trendledc1220 circle-likea1420 circular1430 compass?1523 compassed1551 circled1578 circuled1582 orbal1603 circulary1610 wheely1708 spherical1730 encircular1806 sphered1820 wheeled1820 moony1836 wheel-shaped1895 1836 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 39 670 He was large and stout with a very red face, full and moony. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. x. 91 An oilcake-fed style of business-gentleman with mooney spectacles. 1958 A. Wilson Middle Age of Mrs Eliot I. 29 Moony, too, was perhaps the adjective to describe her face, for it was heavily made up in the Dutch doll manner—plump, smooth and lifeless. 1989 ‘C. Roman’ Foreplay ii. 16 Kicking and punching, ripping one girl's glasses from her moony face. 3. Illuminated by moonlight, moonlit; (also) resembling or of the colour of moonlight. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [adjective] > resembling moonlight > moonlit moonlight1584 moonshine1587 moonshiny1602 moonshining1638 moony1648 moonlit1783 moon-bright1790 moonlighted1811 mooned1831 moon-litten1845 the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [adjective] > resembling moonlight moony1830 moonshiny1834 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. N8^v Mildly disparkling,..like those mites Of Candi'd dew in Moony nights. 1830 W. Taylor Hist. Surv. German Poetry I. 292 The scenery of Klopstock is always illuminated by a moony twilight, a misty glory. 1883 G. MacDonald Donal Grant II. xvii. 187 On the moony side [of the street] people..could recognize each other two houses away. 1924 R. Macaulay Orphan Island xi. 116 She smiled sweetly at Flora and the moony sea. 1992 Harper's Mag. Mar. 50/2 The stars we knew spun, only for us, in the high, moony night above Charlotte. †4. slang. Slightly drunk; tipsy. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1841 Bentley's Misc. May 460 The moony state of Mrs. Wrigglesby's optics prevented her from observing his flushed cheeks and grog-moistened lips. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Mooney, not quite intoxicated, but unfitted for duty. 1872 R. G. Latham Dict. Eng. Lang. Moony, tipsy. Colloquial. 5. Inclined to moon about or act in a listless or aimless manner; given to mooning or wistful contemplation; dreamily distracted. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] unlustyc1225 sleepyc1384 phlegmatica1400 listlessc1440 owlist1440 unlisty1440 phlegmyc1450 sweyntc1450 supine1554 resty1565 unactive1591 sleepy-headed1600 log-like1602 inertious1611 stupefied?1611 lethargic1612 sedentary1625 torpent1647 torpid1656 torpulent1657 softly1664 inert1774 vegetative1789 spiritless1798 unenergetic1805 sloomy1820 slow-going1825 inenergetic1826 comatose1828 moony1847 mooning1864 torpid-minded1909 narcoleptic1965 vegged1986 the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > [adjective] bemazed?c1225 madc1300 maskedc1300 marreda1375 astoniedc1386 adasedc1450 astonished1513 moping1566 bewandered1574 dizzy1579 westy1598 night-wildered1652 disconcerted1686 muzzy1723 flustered1743 bewildered1760 flurried1775 muddled1790 thought-bewildered1796 bedazzled1805 muggy1824 mused1842 moony1847 beflustered1864 bemused1880 snarled1881 bedazed1882 bemuddled1883 disoriented1957 disorientated1959 wifty1973 1847 A. Helps Friends in Council I. vi. 98 He probably pointed out Horace to his sons, as a moony kind of man, whose ways were much to be avoided. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs xliii. 170 Casting upon the reflection of his white neck-cloth a pleased moony smile. 1879 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times II. xxiii. 170 It was agreed..that he [sc. Louis Napoleon] was a fatuous, dreamy, moony, impracticable, stupid young man. 1911 L. Robinson Harvest 38 She's so queer and moony the last three or four days. 1967 P. Bailey At Jerusalem ii. 134 You see how often I have to scold him for not concentrating... How he went off tonight in the middle of the meal, his face all moony. 1990 Dancing Times Oct. 34/1 In this production the Prince is spectacularly moony—notably in Act III, in which he has to sit ostentatiously nursing the feather Odette presented to him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1987adj.a1586
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moonyn.

moonyadj.