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moonstruck

moonst·ruck

UK/ˈmuːnstɹʌk/ US/ˈmunˌstɹʌk/ uncommon archaic

adjective

1.

insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon

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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.

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