moonstruck.
Of a person: perverted or insane, originally supposedly due to the influence of the Moon; compare lunatic.
Meaning & usage
Of a person: perverted or insane, originally supposedly due to the influence of the Moon; compare lunatic.
Showing irrational behaviour, especially of a romantic or sentimental nature; in an entranced or distracted state, especially due to being in love.
Made physically sick, or (like fish) unsuitable for food, by the supposed effect of moonlight.
Where this word comes from
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.
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