moon madness
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Noun
- (historical) Lunacy supposed to be caused by sleeping in full moonlight
- 1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 267:
- Want, and Moon-madness, and the Pest’s swift Bane,
When its shafts smite—while yet its bow is twanging—
Have each their mark and sign—some ghastly stain; […]
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