dreamy, moony, woolgathering
(adjective) dreamy in mood or nature; “a woolgathering moment”
moonlit, moony
(adjective) lighted by moonlight; “the moonlit landscape”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
moony (comparative moonier, superlative mooniest)
Resembling the moon.
Moonlit.
• G. K. Chesterton
Absent-minded.
Silly.
Sickly or tipsy.
moony (plural moonies)
The act of mooning, flashing the buttocks.
(dated) A silly person.
• -onomy
Source: Wiktionary
Moon"y, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the moon. Soft and pale as the moony beam. J. R. Drake.
2. Furnished with a moon; bearing a crescent. But soon the miscreant moony host Before the victor cross shall fly. Fenton.
3. Silly; weakly sentimental. [Colloq.] G. Eliot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.
