moonshine
moonshine is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Hence, show without substance or reality.
- 2.A month. [R.] Shak.
- 3.A preparation of eggs for food. [Obs.]
- 4.Moonlight. [R.] Clarendon.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- absurd
- absurdity
- absurdness
- air
- alogy
- and
- anticlimax
- bad
- banshee
- bathos
- blunder
- boutade
- bull
- cloud-compeller
- contradictory
- delusion
- demiurge
- deva
- disorder
- dryad
- egregious
- escapade
- exaggeration
- extravagance
- extravagant
- fairy
- familiar
- fantastic
- farce
- farrago
- fay
- folklore
- fool
- foolish
- fustian
- genius
- gibberish
- god
- goddess
- good
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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