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Definition of Moonish
1. a. Like the moon; variable.
Definition of Moonish
1. Adjective. influenced by the moon ¹
2. Adjective. capricious (compare lunatic) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Moonish
1. fickle [adj] - See also: fickle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Moonish
Literary usage of Moonish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hamlet, and As You Like it: A Specimen of a New Edition of Shakespeare by William Shakespeare, Thomas Caldecott, William Crowe, John Murray (1819)
"He was to imagine me his love, his mistress; and I set him every day to woo me :
At which time would I, being but a moonish youth,* grieve, be effeminate, ..."
2. The Practical Teacher by Joseph Hughes (1885)
"Point out and explain the force of the adjective suffixes in the following :— At
which time would I, being but a moonish youth, grieve, be effeminate, ..."
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