lunatic
noun
(no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) an insane person.
lunatics
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pluralof lunatic.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Fatboy Slim knew what to expect from the people he was playing to: "They're lunatics," he joked, lovingly.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
He is the one figure in the story who learns something: How to survive among lunatics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
The “founders and VCs” here are the miners and early buyers who picked up bitcoin at $10, $100, $1,000 — and held on while the rest of us called them lunatics.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 17, 2025
Is this another example of when the lunatics control the asylum?
From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2023
They seem partly like sheepish schoolboys and partly like lunatics with an hour left to live.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
