moonstruck

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Of a person: perverted or insane, originally supposedly due to the influence of the Moon; compare lunatic.

   “'Tvvas vvhen the Dog-ſtar's unpropitious ray / Smote ev'ry brain, and vvither'd ev'ry Bay; / Sick vvas the Sun, the Ovvl forſook his bovv'r, / The moon-ſtruck Prophet felt the madding hour: […]”

2. sıfat Showing irrational behaviour, especially of a romantic or sentimental nature; in an entranced or distracted state, especially due to being in love.

   “[…] I, the moon-struck slave of Dora, perambulated round and round the house and garden for two hours, […] blowing kisses at the lights in the windows, and romantically calling on the night, at intervals, to shield my Dora—I don't know exactly what from, I suppose from fire.”

3. sıfat Made physically sick, or (like fish) unsuitable for food, by the supposed effect of moonlight.