moonbeam

About 0.08 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A ray or shaft of moonlight.
2. noun Any of various Australasian lycaenid butterflies of the genus Philiris.
3. noun Someone who tends to be dreamy and prone to unrealistic romanticism.
4. noun A goal or aspiration that appears attractive but is ultimately insubstantial.

Similar words

moonray beamlet fingernail moon headlight chink lightpost spearshaft beam half-moon spot

Often followed by

and in that was on to from tangle had

Word family

moonbeams