mooned

[ moond ]

adjective

1. ornamented with moons or crescents.
2. orb- or crescent-shaped.

mooned

/ muːnd /

adjective

1. decorated with a moon

Word History and Origins

Origin of mooned¹

First recorded in 1540–50; moon + -ed ³

Example Sentences

When she had gone, Bibbs mooned pessimistically from shelf to shelf, his eye wandering among the titles of the books.

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He dawdled and mooned over that stocking and made and unmade plans.

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Crofter and Wales mooned about under the trees in the field somewhat limply, but showed no outward signs of distress.

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He had mooned about among books to some trifling extent, but the taste for study had never taken him.

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He mooned along in this fashion, a fashion in which his bushmen friends would not have known him, until his host entered.

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