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moonstruck

[ moon-struhk ]

adjective

  1. mentally deranged, supposedly by the influence of the moon; crazed.
  2. dreamily romantic or bemused.


moonstruck

/ ˈmuËnËŒstrɪkÉ™n; ˈmuËnËŒstrÊŒk /

adjective

  1. deranged or mad
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of moonstruck1

First recorded in 1665–75; moon + struck
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Any argument against using their baseball unicorn in relief can be countered by those same three words, a phrase which this summer has come to symbolize magic and majesty and moonstruck possibility.

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But Dr. Seth says these moonstruck effusions are not proof of a love affair.

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Or Japan’s moonstruck billionaire who will follow them from Kazakhstan in December with his production assistant tagging along to document everything?

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It’s a feminist book about following your passions over and against convention; its title derives from the Latin, meaning “of the moon,†or “moonstruck,†and the protagonist’s communication with that luminous satellite is certainly mystical.

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More recently, they have become moonstruck by icy, potentially habitable worlds in the outer solar system, such as Saturn’s geyser-spewing satellite Enceladus and Jupiter’s oceanic moon Europa.

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