A selection from The History of the Moon, a volume chronicling myths and superstitions surrounding the lone satellite of earth, author unknown.

Moon-struck

Dazed or distracted with romantic sentiment. Affected by insanity; crazed. (From the belief the moon caused insanity.)

-The American Heritage Dictionary

Moonstruck

Mentally affected or deranged by the supposed influence of the moon; lunatic. Produced by the supposed influence of the moon. "Moonstruck madness." –Milton Made sick by the supposed influence of the moon.

-Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Moonstruck also moonstricken

Adjective: Afflicted with or exhibiting irrationality and mental unsoundness: brainsick, crazy, daft, demented, disordered, distraught, dotty, insane, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, mentally ill, off, touched, unbalanced, unsound, wrong. Informal: bonkers, cracked, daffy, gaga, loony. Slang: bananas, batty, buggy, cuckoo, fruity, loco, nuts, nutty, screwy, wacky. Idioms: around the bend, crazy as a loon, mad as a hatter, not all there, nutty as a fruitcake, off, (or out of) one's head, off one's rocker, of unsound mind, sick in the head, stark raving mad.

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-Niamh