moony adjective. ['mu:ni] L16.
[from MOON noun¹, verb + -Y¹.]
1. Of or pertaining to the moon; resembling or characteristic of the moon. L16.
■ D. L. Sayers Shining with a thin, moony radiance.

2. spec.
a. Shaped like a crescent moon; lunate. Now rare. L16.
■ F. Raphael He had large hands with moony nails.
b. Shaped like a full moon; (esp. of a face) circular, round. M19.
■ M. Gordon I looked moony and ridiculous in the mirror.

3. Moonlit. Also, of the colour of moonlight. M17.
■ Yeats Robed all in raiment moony white.
■ C. Mackenzie A gratefully warm and moony night.

4. (Of a person) inclined to act in a listless or aimless manner; stupidly dreamy. M19.
■ Stevie Smith Intending to prove his thoughts were not moony With love, or any such stuff.
b. Slightly drunk. slang. Now rare or obsolete. M19.

■ moonily adverb M19.

■ mooniness noun L19.

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