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lunatic

[loo-nuh-tik]

noun

  1. (no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) an insane person.

  2. a person whose actions and manner are marked by extreme eccentricity or recklessness.

  3. a person legally declared to be of unsound mind and who therefore is not held capable or responsible before the law: a former legal term.



adjective

  1. (no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) insane.

  2. characteristic or suggestive of lunacy; wildly or recklessly foolish.

  3. Older Use.designated for or used by the insane.

    a lunatic asylum.

  4. gaily or lightheartedly mad, frivolous, eccentric, etc..

    She has a lunatic charm that is quite engaging.

lunatic

/ ˈːəɪ /

adjective

  1. an archaic word for insane

  2. foolish; eccentric; crazy

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a person who is insane

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • lunatically adverb
  • half-lunatic adjective
  • ˈԲپ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of lunatic1

1250–1300; Middle English lunatik, from Old French lunatique, from Late Latin ūپܲ “moonstruck.” See Luna, -tic ( def. )
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of lunatic1

C13 (adj) via Old French from Late Latin ūپܲ crazy, moonstruck, from Latin ūԲ moon
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"These are radical left lunatics that you're dealing with," he said.

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Trump can rail against the lunatic radical left for the scourge of illegal immigration, but the statement that “employers are ready to hire them” couldn’t be more true.

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Load up those rockets with political enemies, lying news media, the bad hombres and lunatic judges.

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"Some unhinged lunatic, a man, wearing daisy dukes, at a makeup store, got in my face today. Dems are nuts. So I went off - and I won’t be backing down," she captioned the post.

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"Every time I find one of these lunatics, I take away their visas," Rubio told reporters in late March.

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