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mooned

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Etymology

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    From moon + -ed.

    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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    mooned

    1. simple past and past participle of moon

    Adjective

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    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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