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Mooncalf. A mooncalf (or moon-calf) is a monstrous birth, the abortive fetus of a cow or other farm animal. The term was occasionally applied to an abortive human fetus. The term derives from the once widespread superstition, present in many European folk traditions, that such malformed creatures were the product of the sinister influence of ...
mooncalf: [noun] a foolish or absentminded person : simpleton.
Mooncalf definition: a congenitally grossly deformed and mentally defective person.. See examples of MOONCALF used in a sentence.
Synonyms for MOONCALF: lunatic, fool, goose, moron, nincompoop, idiot, nut, turkey; Antonyms of MOONCALF: brain, sage, genius, thinker
moon·calf (mo͞on′kăf′, -käf′) n. 1. A fool. 2. A freak. [Earlier, unformed embryo (from the supposed influence of the moon).] American Heritage® Dictionary of the ...
3 meanings: 1. a person lacking intelligence 2. a person who idles time away 3. obsolete a freak or monster.... Click for more definitions.
There are seven meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun mooncalf, three of which are labelled obsolete, and one of which is considered offensive. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. mooncalf has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. obstetrics (mid 1500s) mythology (mid 1600s)
