crazy or deranged person, insane person; person who is reckless or extremely foolish
crazy, insane; not mentally sound; of or for the insane; foolish, extremely reckless
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Lunatic Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
A person affected by lunacy; an insane person, esp. one who has lucid intervals; a madman; a person of unsound mind.
A person affected by lunacy; an insane person, esp. one who has lucid intervals; a madman; a person of unsound mind.
(a.)
Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, an insane person; evincing lunacy; as, lunatic gibberish; a lunatic asylum.
Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, an insane person; evincing lunacy; as, lunatic gibberish; a lunatic asylum.
(a.)
Affected by lunacy; insane; mad.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutAffected by lunacy; insane; mad.
lunatic
\lu"na*tic\ (?), a. [f. lunatique, l. lunaticus, fr. luna the moon. see lunar.]
1. affected by lunacy; insane; mad. lord, have mercy on my son; for he is lunatic. (matt. xvii. 15).
2. of or pertaining to, or suitable for, an insane person; evincing lunacy; as, lunatic gibberish; a lunatic asylum.
lunatic
\lu"na*tic\, n. a person affected by lunacy; an insane person, esp. one who has lucid intervals; a madman; a person of unsound mind. the lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact.
similar words(1)
lunatic fringe
An insane person
Lloerig = a. lunatic, crazy
Lloerigaw = v. to become lunatic
Lloerigen = n. a female lunatic
Lloerigyn = n. a male lunatic
Noun
1. an insane person
(synonym) madman, maniac
(hypernym) sick person, diseased person, sufferer
(hyponym) crazy, loony, looney, weirdo
2. a reckless impetuous irresponsible person
(synonym) daredevil, madcap, hothead, swashbuckler, harum-scarum
(hypernym) adventurer, venturer
(hyponym) tearaway
Adjective
1. insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon
(synonym) moonstruck
(similar) insane
(classification) colloquialism
Lunatic Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
Lunatic Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
- "Loony" redirects here. For the Canadian 1 dollar coin (loonie), see Canadian 1 dollar coin. Or see Looney (disambiguation) or Luni (disambiguation).
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Lunatic Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
Lunatic Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
probably the same as epileptic, the symptoms of which disease were supposed to be more aggravated as the moon increased. In Matt. 4:24 "lunatics" are distinguished from demoniacs. In 17:15 the name "lunatic" is applied to one who is declared to have been possessed. (See DAEMONIAC.)
