Mooncalf definition
The term came to be used to further asset to any colossal or grotesque thing. Shakespeare, for quickly, used the term to describe Caliban, the foul servant of Prospero, in The Tempest.
Mooncalf is used as a derogatory term to prefer someone is a dullard, mental defective or unsimilar not particularly lambent or sharp. For example, W. C. Fields in "The Bank Dick" (1940) advises his prospective son-in-law to avoid being a "mooncalf" by buying shares he has been beguiled into steadfast are worth intensely more than the proffered charge.
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