Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Like the moon; variable as the moon; fickle; flighty.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Like the moon; variable.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective influenced by the moon
- adjective
capricious (comparelunatic )
Etymologies
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Examples
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A redhead with freckles, Margaret looked to be in her early sixties with a round, moonish face and thin nose.
Three Stages of Amazement Carol Edgarian 2011
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A redhead with freckles, Margaret looked to be in her early sixties with a round, moonish face and thin nose.
Three Stages of Amazement Carol Edgarian 2011
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These were the ones whose jeans looked uncomfortably snug, whose faces had a moonish quality that didn't quite seem accustomed, who cloaked themselves in voluminous hoodies.
Your college kid, plus 15 Jennifer LaRue Huget 2010
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In her forties, Dance guessed, she had a round figure and her face was moonish.
Roadside Crosses Jeffery Deaver 2009
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In her forties, Dance guessed, she had a round figure and her face was moonish.
Roadside Crosses Jeffery Deaver 2009
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In her forties, Dance guessed, she had a round figure and her face was moonish.
Roadside Crosses Jeffery Deaver 2009
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He had a moonish face, which is to say round and pale and utterly featureless from a distance.
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In her forties, Dance guessed, she had a round figure and her face was moonish.
Roadside Crosses Jeffery Deaver 2009
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In her forties, Dance guessed, she had a round figure and her face was moonish.
Roadside Crosses Jeffery Deaver 2009
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Pluto has only THREE moons, one more than Mars, two more than Earth, and more than Venus or the moonish Mercury, which both have… um… None.
A Special Message From Scott “Pluto Hayta” Westerfeld « Whatever 2006
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