moonstruck

American  

[moon-struhk] / ˈmunˌstrʌk /

Also moonstricken

adjective

1. mentally deranged, supposedly by the influence of the moon; crazed.

2. dreamily romantic or bemused.

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moonstruck British  

/ ˈmuːnˌstrɪkən, ˈmuːnˌstrʌk /

adjective

1. deranged or mad

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Etymology

Origin of moonstruck

First recorded in 1665–75; moon + struck

Example Sentences

Any argument against using their baseball unicorn in relief can be countered by those same three words, a phrase which this summer has come to symbolize magic and majesty and moonstruck possibility.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2024

Or Japan’s moonstruck billionaire who will follow them from Kazakhstan in December with his production assistant tagging along to document everything?

From Washington Post • May 25, 2021

More recently, they have become moonstruck by icy, potentially habitable worlds in the outer solar system, such as Saturn’s geyser-spewing satellite Enceladus and Jupiter’s oceanic moon Europa.

From Scientific American • Sep. 14, 2020

When not moonstruck, the darkness itself is the draw, a coverlet silencing the day’s concerns, yet granting permission for thoughts to drift forever out into space – while remembering to yell “Car up!”

From The Guardian • Aug. 5, 2019

She expected Clara to enter one of her moonstruck trances and exit through the window, but nothing of the sort took place.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende