moonish

American  

[moo-nish] / ˈmu nɪʃ /

adjective

1. capricious; inconstant.

2. fully round or plump.

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Other Word Forms

• moonishly adverb

Etymology

Origin of moonish

First recorded in 1375–1425, moonish is from the late Middle English word monish. See moon, -ish ¹

Example Sentences

Gyllenhaal’s soft, moonish features, capable of collapsing into melancholy or hardening and sharpening in resolve, have rarely been less predictably used.

From The Guardian • Oct. 12, 2018

In the fall of 1939 a young man with a moonish, almost childish face flew his single-engined Beechcraft airplane from New York to Boston, where he huddled with savants at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From The Judge by West, Rebecca

"All very well to talk," said P. Blinders, scratching his newest pimple, and looking with exaggerated moonish simplicity at nobody in particular through his large round magnifying spectacles.

From The Dop Doctor by Dehan, Richard

“The surest thing you know,” he said with a rather moonish smile.

From The Prairie Mother by Becher, Arthur E.