"moonstricken" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more moonstricken [comparative], most moonstricken [superlative]
Etymology: From moon + stricken. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|moon|stricken}} moon + stricken Head templates: {{en-adj}} moonstricken (comparative more moonstricken, superlative most moonstricken)
  1. (archaic) Synonym of moonstruck (“of a person: Crazy or insane, supposedly due to the influence of the Moon; showing irrational behaviour, especially of a romantic or sentimental nature”). Tags: archaic Synonyms: moonstruck [synonym, synonym-of]
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