moon-strickenadj.

Brit.

/ˈmuːnstrɪk(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˈmunˌstrɪk(ə)n/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: moon n.¹, stricken adj.

Etymology: < moon n.¹ + stricken adj., apparently as alteration of moonstruck adj.

Now rare.

= moonstruck adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > morbidly preoccupied

moon-stricken1820

1820 W. Scott Abbot III. v. 118 Like some moon-stricken knight in a Spanish romance.

1838 H. P. Brougham tr. Demosthenes Chersonese Oration in Speeches upon Questions rel. Public Rights IV. App. 471 But these men, it will be said, are absolutely moonstricken,—they are in some paroxysm of mental alienation.

1844 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. vii. 100 The moonstricken Prince.

1927–9 H. Wheeler Waverley Children's Dict. V. 2829/1 People with disordered minds, and even very fanciful and sentimental people, are still said to be moonstruck..or moonstricken.

1970 tr. P. A. Mendieta Mayan Leg. 134 That young woman is Symphony, who is moonstricken (enlunada).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	moon-stricken
释义	moon-strickenadj. Brit. /ˈmuːnstrɪk(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈmunˌstrɪk(ə)n/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: moon n.¹, stricken adj. Etymology: < moon n.¹ + stricken adj., apparently as alteration of moonstruck adj. Now rare. = moonstruck adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > morbidly preoccupied moon-stricken1820 1820 W. Scott Abbot III. v. 118 Like some moon-stricken knight in a Spanish romance. 1838 H. P. Brougham tr. Demosthenes Chersonese Oration in Speeches upon Questions rel. Public Rights IV. App. 471 But these men, it will be said, are absolutely moonstricken,—they are in some paroxysm of mental alienation. 1844 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. vii. 100 The moonstricken Prince. 1927–9 H. Wheeler Waverley Children's Dict. V. 2829/1 People with disordered minds, and even very fanciful and sentimental people, are still said to be moonstruck..or moonstricken. 1970 tr. P. A. Mendieta Mayan Leg. 134 That young woman is Symphony, who is moonstricken (enlunada). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1820
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