Meaning

3 senses
  1. A poorly conceived idea or plan.

  2. A dreamer, someone absent-minded or distracted; a fool, simpleton.

  3. (archaic)An abnormal mass within the uterus; a false conception.

Origin

From moon + calf, after a superstition that the moon caused abnormal fetal development.

From moon + calf, after a superstition that the moon caused abnormal fetal development.

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Forms

plural: mooncalves

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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