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lunatic
[loo-nuh-tik]
noun
(no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) an insane person.
a person whose actions and manner are marked by extreme eccentricity or recklessness.
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
(no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) insane.
characteristic or suggestive of lunacy; wildly or recklessly foolish.
Older Use., designated for or used by the insane.
a lunatic asylum.
gaily or lightheartedly mad, frivolous, eccentric, etc..
She has a lunatic charm that is quite engaging.
lunatic
/ ˈluːnətɪk /
adjective
an archaic word for insane
foolish; eccentric; crazy
noun
a person who is insane
Other Word Forms
- lunatically adverb
- half-lunatic adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of lunatic1
Word History and Origins
Origin of lunatic1
Example Sentences
The film, brilliantly designed, envisions a near-future in which Manhattan has become a walled-off prison, the island’s borders lethally policed but its interior surrendered to lunatics and criminals.
Matters turn, ahem, even graver when a guard from a nearby lunatic asylum arrives to announce a madman has escaped.
"I think the Colombian authorities, when it comes to, like, the military and the police, are still very pro-American. The only problem in Colombia is a lunatic president," Rubio told reporters.
"I'm not a lunatic," Bellamy said after topping Wales' Nations League group last year.
One senior figure sums up the situation with no pleasure – discussion about changing the Labour leader "is both lunatic, and real".
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