subs. (common).—A noodle. For synonyms, see BUFFLE and CABBAGE-HEAD.

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  Adj. (common).—1.  Silly. Also MOONISH.

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  1600.  SHAKESPEARE, As You Like It, iii. 2. 430. Being but a MOONISH youth.

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  1861.  G. MEREDITH, Evan Harrington, xxv. p. 293 (1885). Rose gave him no time for reflection, or the MOONY imagining of their raptures lovers love to dwell upon.

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  1876.  G. ELIOT, Daniel Deronda, xxii. Violent and capricious, or MOONY and insipid.

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  1890.  GRANT ALLEN, The Tents of Shem, xxx. You’ve seemed preoccupied and absorbed and MOONY and distracted.

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  1892.  MILLIKEN, ’Arry Ballads, p. 16. MOONEY young women in grey.

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  2.  (common).—Drunk. For synonyms, see DRINKS and SCREWED.

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