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lunatic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /luːˈnætɪk/

Etymology

From Middle English lunatik, from Old French lunatique, from Late Latin lunaticus (“moonstruck”), derived from Latin luna (“moon”), the connection stemming from the belief that changes of the moon caused intermittent insanity.

Meanings

1. Crazed, mad, insane, demented.
2. (literary, rare) Relating to the Moon; lunar.
   • As the narrator turns his attention to the moon itself and its Lunatic inhabitants, Heinsius seems to draw on the True History, but is still within the confines of the Icaromenippus. 1996, Joel C. Relihan, “Menippus in Antiquity and the Renaissance”, in R. Bracht Branham, Marie-Odile Goulet-Cazé, editors, The Cynics: The Cynic Movement in Antiquity and Its Legacy, Berkeley, C.A. […]: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 269:
   • That or I might bounce off something I hit and head back out into space, become the light in the eye of some lunatic observer, looking up at the big blue ball and seeing me bang something in their retina. 2020, Kim Stanley Robinson, chapter 53, in The Ministry for the Future, New York, N.Y.: Orbit Books, →ISBN, page 235:
3. (literary, rare) Influenced or affected by the Moon.
   • This I remember: she was false as the lunatic sea. 1956 Summer, David R[ytman] Slavitt, “Partiti da Cotesti che son Morti”, in The Kenyon Review, volume XVIII, number 3, Gambier, O.H.: Kenyon College, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 370:

Forms

Deriveds

lunatically

Relateds

lunatic soup · de lunatico inquirendo

Synonyms

psychotic · insane · demented · maniacal · mad · crazed

Translations (24)

cy lloerig (crazed) · ga gealtach (crazed) · la lunaticus (crazed) · ga gan chiall (crazed) · ca llunàtic (crazed) · nrf leunatique (crazed) · fi hullu (crazed) · ota مجنون (crazed) · he סַהֲרוּרִי (crazed) · es lunático (crazed) · ru душевнобольно́й (crazed) · cs bláznivý (crazed) · ota دلی (crazed) · ru чо́кнутый (crazed) · fr lunatique (crazed) · ru поме́шанный (crazed) · sk bláznivý (crazed) · eo lunatika (crazed) · bg луд (crazed) · cs šílený (crazed) · pt lunático (crazed) · bg побъркан (crazed) · sk šialený (crazed) · ru сумасше́дший (crazed)

lunatic en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈluːnətɪk/

Etymology

From Middle English lunatik, from Old French lunatique, from Late Latin lunaticus (“moonstruck”), derived from Latin luna (“moon”), the connection stemming from the belief that changes of the moon caused intermittent insanity.

Meanings

1. An insane person.
   • You may be right I may be crazy Oh, but it just may be a lunatic you're looking for 1980 March 7, Billy Joel, “You May Be Right”, in Glass Houses:
   • While there are other races (or individuals—heaven forgive me, I am no ethnologist) who think you a criminal or a lunatic unless you carefully plod along from step to step like a hippopotamus out of water. 1902, Hilaire Belloc, The Path to Rome:

Forms

Deriveds

lunachick · lunatic fringe · lunatical · lunacy · saloonatic · lunatic asylum · lunatics have taken over the asylum · Lunix

Synonyms

wackadoo · crazy · fruitloop · mental case · moonling · screwball · madhead · crackpot · lunatic · unconventional · fruit cake · nutjob · dingbat · head case · fruit loop · wingnut · nutburger · psychoceramic · nutcase · fruit and nut case · nut ball · space pilot · space cadet · eccentric · wacko · schizo · basket weaver · whackjob · kook · loony tune · nutter · nutbar · psycho · weirdo · basket case · nut · crack · space case · wackadoodle · loony · madcap · crazyhead · whacko

Translations (90)

nrf leunatique (insane person) · nl gek (insane person) · sl blaznež (insane person) · fi hullu (insane person) · mr वेडे (insane person) · oc fòl (insane person) · hy խենթ (insane person) · ru душевнобольно́й (insane person) · fr lunatique (insane person) · pt lunático (insane person) · is geðsjúklingur (insane person) · ru поме́шанный (insane person) · bg умопобъ́ркан (insane person) · sh bèzūmnīk (insane person) · ba һантый (insane person) · ba алйот (insane person) · sh lùdāk (insane person) · fi kuuhullu (insane person) · chr ᎤᎸᏅᏘᏍᎩ (insane person) · cs šílenec (insane person) · sv knäppgök (insane person) · tl baliw (insane person) · ba диуана (insane person) · cs blázen (insane person) · ro nebună (insane person) · ur پَگْلا (insane person) · ba йүләр (insane person) · tr deli (insane person) · es insano (insane person) · it demente (insane person) · oc lunatic (insane person) · nl zot (insane person) · sh бѐзӯмнӣк (insane person) · sv galning (insane person) · ro nebun (insane person) · cmn 瘋子 /疯子 (insane person) · id orang gila (insane person) · mr वेडी (insane person) · ur پاگَل (insane person) · ota مجنون (insane person) · ko 미치광이 (insane person) · cy lloerig (insane person) · sk šialenec (insane person) · fr aliéné (insane person) · fr aliénée (insane person) · fa-ira دیوانِه (insane person) · fi mielipuoli (insane person) · hil rendido ang ulo (insane person) · hu holdkóros (insane person) · fr déséquilibré (insane person) · fr démente (insane person) · bg луд (insane person) · ko 광인 (insane person) · sv dåre (insane person) · pl szaleniec (insane person) · ja 狂人 (insane person) · ru чо́кнутый (insane person) · de Irre (insane person) · cmn 狂人 (insane person) · sk blázon (insane person) · ia folle (insane person) · ba тинтәк (insane person) · sl norec (insane person) · hu havas (insane person) · ja 気違い (insane person) · ota دلی (insane person) · ba тиле (insane person) · sh лу̀да̄к (insane person) · pt lunática (insane person) · ru псих (insane person) · es orate (insane person) · mk лудак (insane person) · ur دِیوانَہ (insane person) · oc baug (insane person) · hil buangit (insane person) · ru сумасше́дший (insane person) · eo lunatiko (insane person) · nl gekkin (insane person) · mi porowairangi (insane person) · ms orang gila (insane person) · fr dément (insane person) · ki mũgũrũki (insane person) · ga gealt (insane person) · nl zottin (insane person) · ba иҫәр (insane person) · is brjálæðingur (insane person) · mr वेडा (insane person) · tl sira-ulo (insane person) · unm kèkpëchehëlat (insane person) · pl wariat (insane person)