lunatical en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /luːˈnatɪkl̩/ (UK)
Etymology
From lunatic + -al.
Meanings
-
(rare) Lunatic.
Fine days succeeded, and moonlit nights, temperate nights with their irresistible poetry creating a silver lake in the borders of Thiepval's lunatical wood, a yellow harvest on the downs towards Mesnil the mortuary.
1928, Edmund Blunden, Undertones of War, Penguin, published 2010, page 86:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more lunatical | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most lunatical | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |