Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word moon-calf.
Examples
-
What I needed to cure me, I decided, was two weeks 'steady rogering at her to get these moon-calf yearnings out of my mind for good, but of course there was no chance of that now.
Fiancée 2010
-
Since the moon-calf who earliest discovered the Pandemonium of Milton in an expiring wood-fire — since the first ingenious urchin who blew bubbles out of soap and water, thou, my best of friends, hast the highest knack at making histories out of nothing.
Redgauntlet 2008
-
How camest thou to be the siege of this moon-calf? can he vent Trinculos?
The Tempest 2004
-
As he passed the priest, his moon-calf countenance gave no hint of what he had been doing or thinking of.
The Father Brown Omnibus Chesterton, G. K. 2003
-
As he passed the priest, his moon-calf countenance gave no hint of what he had been doing or thinking of.
-
As he passed the priest, his moon-calf countenance gave no hint of what he had been doing or thinking of.
-
He explained with a moon-calf simplicity to everybody in the carriage that he had to be careful, because he had something made of real silver “with blue stones” in one of his brown-paper parcels.
-
He explained with a moon-calf simplicity to everybody in the carriage that he had to be careful, because he had something made of real silver "with blue stones" in one of his brown-paper parcels.
The Father Brown Omnibus Chesterton, G. K. 2003
-
“A regular moon-calf!” said Cupid, looking up from
-
He explained with a moon-calf simplicity to everybody in the carriage that he had to be careful, because he had something made of real silver “with blue stones” in one of his brown-paper parcels.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.