Meaning

2 senses
  1. (archaic)Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Moon; lunar; moonlike.

  2. (archaic, broadly)Lunatic.

Origin

From Middle English monelich, from Old English mōnlīċ (“lunar”), from Proto-West Germanic

From Middle English monelich, from Old English mōnlīċ (“lunar”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānalīk (“pertaining to the moon, moon-like”), equivalent to moon + -ly. Cognate with Middle Dutch maenlijc (“moonly, lunar”), German mondlich (“lunar”).

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Forms

more moonly, most moonly
Comparativemore moonly Lesson
Superlativemost moonly Lesson

regular

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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