different between moon vs moonstruck

English

Etymology

From Middle English mone, from Old English m?na (“moon”), from Proto-West Germanic *m?n?, from Proto-Germanic *m?nô (“moon”), from Proto-Indo-European *m?h?n?s (“moon, month”), probably from *meh?- (“to measure”). Cognate with Scots mone, mune, muin (“moon”), North Frisian muun (“moon”), West Frisian moanne (“moon”), Dutch maan (“moon”), German Mond (“moon”), Danish måne (“moon”), Norwegian Bokmål måne (“moon”), Norwegian Nynorsk måne (“moon”), Swedish måne (“moon”), Icelandic máni (“moon”), Latin m?nsis (“month”). See also month, a related term within Indo-European.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mu?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /mun/
• Rhymes: -u?n

Proper noun

moon

2. (with "the", singular only) Alternative letter-case form of Moon; the Earth's only permanent natural satellite.

Noun

moon (plural moons)

2. (colloquial, by extension of Moon) Any natural satellite of a planet.

3. (literary) A month, particularly a lunar month.
   • 2002, Russell Allen, "Incantations of the Apprentice", on Symphony X, The Odyssey.

4. A crescent-like outwork in a fortification.

5. The eighteenth trump/major arcana card of the Tarot.
6. (cartomancy) The thirty-second Lenormand card.
7. (card games) In hearts, the action of taking all the point cards in one hand.

Synonyms

• (Earth's sole natural satellite): Moon
• (natural satellite of a planet): satellite, natural satellite
• (month): calendar month, lunar month, month
• See also Thesaurus:moon

Derived terms

Descendants

• Sranan Tongo: mun
• Tok Pisin: mun
• Torres Strait Creole: mun

Translations

See moon/translations § Noun.

Verb

moon (third-person singular simple present moons, present participle mooning, simple past and past participle mooned)

1. (transitive, colloquial) To display one's buttocks to, typically as a jest, insult, or protest.

2. (intransitive, US, colloquial) (usually followed by over or after) To fuss over something adoringly; to be infatuated with someone.

   Sarah mooned over Sam's photograph for months.

   You've been mooning after her forever; why not just ask her out?
3. To spend time idly, absent-mindedly.
4. (transitive) To expose to the rays of the Moon.
5. (transitive) To adorn with moons or crescents.
6. (cryptocurrency) Of a coin or token: to rise in price rapidly.

7. (card games) To shoot the moon.

Translations

See moon/translations § Verb.

Related terms

• month
• moonsick

See also

• lunar
• Moonie
• Selene

Further reading

• moon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• natural satellite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Mono, OMON, mono, mono-, nomo-

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• mon, mònn

Etymology

From Middle High German man, from Old High German man, from Proto-Germanic *mann-. Cognate with German Mann, Dutch man, English man, Icelandic maður, Swedish man, Gothic ???????????????????? (manna).

Noun

moon

1. (Timau) man
2. (Timau) husband

References

• “moon” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mo?n/, [?mo??n]
• Rhymes: -o?n
• Syllabification: moon

Contraction

moon

1. (dialectal, southern Ostrobothnia) Contraction of mä oon (“I'm”).

Anagrams

• mono, mono-

Manx

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu?n/

Alternative forms

• mooin, mooyn

Etymology 1

From Old Irish mún.

Noun

moon m (genitive singular mooin, no plural)

1. verbal noun of moon
2. urine

Synonyms

• feayl

Derived terms

• mooynlagh m (“sewage”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish múnaid (“makes water, pisses”).

Verb

moon (past voon, future independent moonee, verbal noun moon or mooney, past participle moonit)

1. (transitive, intransitive) urinate, micturate, pee

Mutation

References

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “mún”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “múnaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian man, from Proto-Germanic *mann-, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mon-.

Noun

moon m

1. (Mooring) man

Teop

Noun

moon

1. woman

References

• Ulrike Mosel, The Teop sketch grammar

English

Etymology

moon +? struck. Compare German Low German maansüchtig, German mondsüchtig.

Adjective

moonstruck (comparative more moonstruck, superlative most moonstruck)

1. (obsolete) Crazy or insane when affected by the phases of the Moon.
2. (by extension) Showing irrational behaviour, especially of a romantic or sentimental nature.
   • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Lectures 4 & 5:

     [W]e can also overlook the verbiage of a good deal of the mind-cure literature, some of which is so moonstruck with optimism and so vaguely expressed that an academically trained intellect finds it almost impossible to read it at all.

   • 1925, Sinclair Lewis, Arrowsmith, Chapter 21, IV:

     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.

3. (obsolete) Made sick, or (like fishes) unsuitable for food, by the supposed influence of the Moon.

Synonyms

• moonstricken

Translations