Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

moonly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
moon-ly
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Moon; lunar; moonlike.

Archaic

adj

Lunatic.

Archaic

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English monelich, from Old English mōnlīċ (“lunar”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānalīk (“pertaining to the moon, moon-like”), equivalent to moon + -ly. Cognate with Middle Dutch maenlijc (“moonly, lunar”), German mondlich (“lunar”).

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Usage

Inflected Forms

more moonly (comparative) most moonly (superlative)

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Questions

What does moonly mean?
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Moon; lunar; moonlike.
Where does moonly come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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