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Definition of Mooncalf
1. n. A monster; a false conception; a mass of fleshy matter, generated in the uterus.
Definition of Mooncalf
1. Noun. (rare) An abnormal mass within the uterus; a false conception. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹
2. Noun. A poorly-conceived idea or plan. (defdate from 17th c.) ¹
3. Noun. A dreamer, someone absent-minded or distracted; a fool, simpleton. (defdate from 17th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mooncalf
1. a foolish person [n -CALVES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mooncalf
Literary usage of Mooncalf
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Hill Readers by Daniel Harvey Hill (1906)
""mooncalf! mooncalf ! mooncalf! " called all the other boys and some of the little
girls. Little David looked over his shoulder and laughed. ..."
2. Monthly Review (1820)
"Yet rise one point above mere passive pleasure ; For here I mooncalf, mooncalf
... I answer, mooncalf's easy contemplation, Or vacant action : lose no time, ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1820)
"With that the friend would cease awhile to chew, Yawn down his soup, and say — "
I — tlii.. nk — so too." ' But other mooncalf's mine. ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1880)
"2), Trinculo supposes Caliban to be a mooncalf, and says : " I hid me under ...
Drayton's mooncalf, in his poem so called, is there supposed to have been ..."
5. History of Friedrich the Second Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1868)
"But argument there was on it, by persons capable and willing, more than one: and
in result this surprising brand-new London mooncalf of a Matinees was ..."
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