moonling noun4 •Someone from the Moon.A shy moonling hangs on the suit of an astronaut and is taken back to earth. — 1981 •A changeling. •(literary, no longer used) One who is lovesick; one who moons over a beloved.The sky was not quite as blue as her—Thunderation, he was no moonling! — 2011 •(no longer used) A simpleton; a lunatic.I have a husband, and a two-legg'd one, But such a moonling, as no wit of man, Or roses can redeem from being an ass. — 1616 formsmoonlings