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adj
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Moon; lunar; moonlike.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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adj
Lunatic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, broadly
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History
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”).
