moon-calf









moon-calf


noun, plural moon·calves.

  1. a congenitally grossly deformed and mentally defective person.
  2. a foolish person.
  3. a person who spends time idly daydreaming.

noun plural -calves (-ˌkɑːvz)

  1. a born fool; dolt
  2. a person who idles time away
  3. obsolete a freak or monster

n.also mooncalf, “abortive, shapeless, fleshy mass,” 1560s, attributed to the influence of the moon; from moon (n.) + calf (n.). In later 16c., “deformed creature, monster.”

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