be moonstruck

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Peasants shun the night air and say that folk who sleep unroofed will be moonstruck.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Thou must be moonstruck," he said at length.

From A Boy's Ride by Zollinger, Gulielma

Though the man’s brain might be moonstruck, his eyes might still be honest, and a glance might bring him back to sanity.

From The Proud Prince by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)

My old nurse would tell me that they would be moonstruck 'for sartain sure!'

From The Merryweathers by Richards, Julia Ward

"I say," said I, "that's frightfully interesting, she must be moonstruck; I suppose it always happens when the moon is full."

From A Young Girl's Diary by Paul, Eden