1. a foolish or absent-minded person
Usage: archaic
2. a person who spends time idly gazing or daydreaming
Usage: archaic

Examples

• The old man called his daydreaming grandson a mooncalf.
• She dismissed him as a mooncalf who would never amount to anything.
• The village mooncalf spent his days staring at the clouds.
• Don’t be such a mooncalf—pay attention to what’s happening around you.
• The teacher grew frustrated with the mooncalf in the back row.
• He was considered the town mooncalf, always lost in his own thoughts.