mooncalf
noun
a congenitally grossly deformed and mentally defective person.
mooncalves
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pluralof mooncalf.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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I think I forgot the Selenites, the mooncalves, the lid, and the noises completely so soon as I had eaten that fungus.
From The First Men in the Moon by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
When next we saw mooncalves they were some little distance away from us in a place of tumbled rocks.
From The First Men in the Moon by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Education contains much moonshine; but not of the sort that makes mere mooncalves and idiots the slaves of a silver magnet, the one eye of the world.
From What's Wrong with the World by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
Whether they had fled on our emergence from the interior passages, or whether they were accustomed to retire after driving out the mooncalves, I cannot guess.
From The First Men in the Moon by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
You forget," he said, "that these mooncalves neither think nor reason.
From The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Lewis Wingfield
