Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Mental derangement; craziness.
- noun Archaic Intermittent mental derangement attributed to the changing phases of the moon.
- noun Great or wild foolishness.
- noun A wildly foolish or irrational act.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The kind of intermittent insanity formerly supposed to be subject to the change's of the moon; hence, madness in general; any unsoundness of mind. See
insanity . - noun In law, unsoundness of mind sufficient to incapacitate for civil transactions. The usual test is incapacity to manage one's own property and affairs.
- noun Synonyms Derangement, Craziness, etc. See
insanity .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Insanity or madness; properly, the kind of insanity which is broken by intervals of reason, -- formerly supposed to be influenced by the changes of the moon; any form of unsoundness of mind, except idiocy; mental derangement or alienation.
- noun A morbid suspension of good sense or judgment, as through fanaticism.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun of a person or group of people The state of being
mad ,insanity - noun Something deeply
misguided .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun obsolete terms for legal insanity
- noun foolish or senseless behavior
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The only beneficiaries of letting Hillary continue in her lunacy is the media and the Republican party.
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In folklore, a full moon is associated with insanity - hence the word lunacy - werewolves and all manner of unpleasant happenings.
BBC News - Home 2011
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He didn't use the word lunacy, but he indicated Monday he had spoken to Martz about achieving a pass-run balance that is somewhat less ridiculous.
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What helps with that lunacy is reciting - many times -- Terry Pratchett's golden words on the subject: The first draft is you telling yourself the story.
MIND MELD: The Most Difficult Part of Being A Writer Is... 2009
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Since we share a common border, I certainly hope that lunacy is not contagious!
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Eric Windowlicker, of the charity Nutcase Support, said, we are amazed by this research, which shows that the problems of insanity, cretinosity, intellectual retardation and outright lunacy is still utterly rampant in 21st-Century Britain.
Archive 2009-04-01 Dungeekin 2009
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Eric Windowlicker, of the charity Nutcase Support, said, we are amazed by this research, which shows that the problems of insanity, cretinosity, intellectual retardation and outright lunacy is still utterly rampant in 21st-Century Britain.
Charities Call for Better Mental Health Provision Dungeekin 2009
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Twittering or Tweeting or whatever that lunacy is about is just plain stupid.
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I hope that sanity prevails south of us – if this lunacy is let loose (and you know their names), please keep it on your side of the border.
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Since we do share a common border, we only hope that your lunacy is not contagious.
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