moony

American  

[moo-nee] / ˈmu ni /

adjective

moonier, mooniest

1. dreamy, listless, or silly.

2. pertaining to or characteristic of the moon.

3. moonlit.

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moony British  

/ ˈmuːnɪ /

adjective

1. informal dreamy or listless

2. of or like the moon

3. slang crazy or foolish

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Other Word Forms

• moonily adverb
• mooniness noun

Etymology

Origin of moony

First recorded in 1580–90; moon + -y ¹

Example Sentences

The one behind you at a Gelson’s, maybe, who might notice the cottage cheese in your cart and get moony over how creamy it is.

From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2023

You should never fall in love with an investment, getting moony about how well it has done and letting the emotion of past success cloud your judgment and overcome reason.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 11, 2021

For anyone who’s followed the company from its rise to the ousting of its moony CEO Adam Neumann and the bungling of its IPO, this marks yet another crack in the company’s polished, perk-filled aesthetic.

From Slate • Jan. 29, 2020

Malinauskas opened the second box, which contained a Bell & Ross Regulateur with a big, moony face and a stainless-steel bezel.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 14, 2019

The whites of his moony eyes grew large and misty as his mouth struggled yearningly and lost against the familiar, impregnable loneliness drifting in around him again like suffocating fog.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller