mooned

mooned

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s
Proto-Germanic *mēnô
Proto-West Germanic *mānō
Old English mōna
Middle English mone
English moon
Middle English -ed
English -ed
English mooned

    From moon + -ed.

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -uːnd

    Verb

    mooned

    1. simple past and past participle of moon

    Adjective

    mooned (not comparable)

    1. (poetic) Of or resembling the moon; symbolized by the moon.
      • 1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
        Th' angelic squadron bright / Turn'd fiery red, sharp'ning in mooned horns / Their phalanx […]
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