Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
eggs in moonshine. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
eggs in moonshine, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
eggs in moonshine in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
eggs in moonshine you have here. The definition of the word
eggs in moonshine will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
eggs in moonshine, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Etymology
Probably from the name of a dish, referred to in 16th- and 17th-century English cookbooks, made of egg yolks lightly poached in sweetened rosewater. See also moonshine, culinary sense (US).
Noun
eggs in moonshine (uncountable)
- A fanciful notion; an unrealistic or ludicrous concept.
1593, Gabriel Harvey, Pierce's Supererogation, or, A New Praise of the Old Ass:You may discourse of Hermes' ascending spirit, of Orpheus' enchanting harp, of Homer's divine fury, of Tyrtaeus' enraging trumpet, of Pericles' bouncing thunderclaps, of Plato's enthusiastical ravishment, and I wot not what marvellous eggs in moonshine: but a fly for all your flying speculations when one good-fellow with his odd jests, or one mad knave with his awk hibber-gibber, is able to put down twenty of your smuggest artificial men, that simper it so nicely and coyly in their curious points.
1951, C. S. Lewis, chapter 7, in Prince Caspian, Collins, published 1998:[…] your Majesty knows I think the Horn—and that bit of broken stone over there—and your great King Peter—and your Lion Aslan—are all eggs in moonshine.
Synonyms