mooncalf

mooncalf
/moohn"kaf', -kahf'/, n., pl. mooncalves.
1. a congenitally grossly deformed and mentally defective person.
2. a foolish person.
3. a person who spends time idly daydreaming.
[1555-65; MOON + CALF1]

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