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Definitions
insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon
Word origin
From moon + struck (adjective), possibly coined by the English poet and polemicist John Milton (1608–1674): see the quotation. Compare Byzantine Greek σεληνόβλητος (selēnóblētos), σεληνόπληκτος (selēnóplēktos), German mondsüchtig, and German Low German maansüchtig, which also refer to being struck by the moon.
Used in a sentence
“'Tvvas vvhen the Dog-ſtar's unpropitious ray / Smote ev'ry brain, and vvither'd ev'ry Bay; / Sick vvas the Sun, the Ovvl forſook his bovv'r, / The moon-ſtruck Prophet felt the madding hour: […]”
“"Up, Tristram, up," men cry, "thou moonstruck knight! / What foul fiend rides thee? On into the fight!" / —Above the din her voice is in my ears— / I see her form glide through the crossing spears,— / Iseult! … .”
“The full moon was spacious now behind the maples. The seedy Pickerbaugh domain was enchanted; […] and over all the world was the proper witchery of moonstruck love.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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