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moonish

[ moo-nish ]
/ ˈmu nɪʃ /

adjective

capricious; inconstant.
fully round or plump.

Words nearby moonish

mooned, mooneye, moonfish, moonflower, moonie, moonish, moonlet, moonlight, moonlight flit, moonlight sonata, moonlighting

Origin of moonish

First recorded in 1375–1425, moonish is from the late Middle English word monish. See moon, -ish1

OTHER WORDS FROM moonish

moon·ish·ly, adverb
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Examples from the Web for moonish

  • When the sound had passed, his face again grew blank and moonish and he stepped within.

    The Judge|Rebecca West

  • Wells treated the moon  as a globe, like our own; bringing forth monsters as moonish as we are earthy.

    The Victorian Age in Literature|G. K. Chesterton