Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Lunacy; the madness supposed to be produced by sleeping in the full rays of the moon.
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Examples
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Some werewolves are almost like us, except for a little moon-madness once a month.
Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009
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Some werewolves are almost like us, except for a little moon-madness once a month.
Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009
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Some werewolves are almost like us, except for a little moon-madness once a month.
Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009
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Yes, she believed in moon-madness, but never had she questioned the power of Habrunt's might.
Si'Wren of the Patriarchs Roland Jon Cheney
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Fenris too knew the moon-madness; but unlike Ben he had a means of expression of the wonder and mystery and vague longing that thrilled his wild heart.
The Sky Line of Spruce Edison Marshall 1930
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When Mike moseyed in, along about ten o'clock, he was plumb loco; the moon-madness was on him strong.
Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913
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Even this moon-madness did not seem trivial and a thing for laughter ....
The Wind Bloweth Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne 1908
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It had come stealing down from the thick woods to visit the farmyard, -- driven, perhaps, by the same moon-madness that stirred the porcupine.
The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life Charles George Douglas Roberts 1901
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No moon-madness could make the cautious cat forget the menace of that smell.
The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life Charles George Douglas Roberts 1901
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Perhaps, in time -- well, he was done now with moon-madness, and he stepped briskly down the avenue, firm set in purpose to risk everything for his wife's sake, and let the future rest in the lap of the gods.
One Wonderful Night A Romance of New York Louis Tracy 1895
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