moony

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He said that he might as well have been called "moony"--and he didn't go mooning about at all!

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  1. adjective Of or suggestive of the moon or moonlight.
  2. adjective Moonlit.
  3. adjective Dreamy in mood or nature; absent-minded.

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  • She wiggled her fingers like a moony girl, disgusted with herself. —  One-ClickBuy:SeptemberHarlequinBlaze
  • I'm all moony-faced; I can feel it in my eyeballs. —  FSFApril2005
  • The duo manages to capture the moony-eyed delight of a couple who meet over the phone -- she lives in Barry Island, south Wales, while he's from Billericay, in southeast England -- but discover that nothing can ultimately get in the way of their love for each other. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • What a bunch of moony-eyed happy-talk, I remember thinking. —  Austin360 - XL Headlines
  • The apple cheeked young waitstaff waxed poetic on the menu's particulars with a moony-eyed devotion I remembered from the short-lived oxygen bar in my college town (although I must admit, it was less startling to see devotees suckling Thai coconuts as opposed to oxygen masks). —  Whole Life Times
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