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   lunatic

   /ˈluːnətɪk/

   noun

   • 1. a person who is mentally ill (not in technical use). Similar maniacmadmanmadwomanpsychopathpsychoticinformal:loonyloonnutnutcasenutjobcuckoohead caseheadbangerscrewballpsychonutterradgewing nuthave a screw loosehave bats in the/one's belfry
   • ▪ an extremely foolish or eccentric person: "this lunatic just accelerated out from the side of the road" Similar foolidiotimbecilemoron

   adjective

   • 1. mentally ill (not in technical use): "a ward of lunatic old ladies" Similar madinsanementally illcertifiablederangeddementedof unsound mindout of one's mindnot in one's right mindsick in the headnot togethercrazycrazednon compos mentisunbalancedunhingedunstabledisturbeddistractedstark madmanicfrenziedravingdistraughtfrantichystericaldeliriouspsychoticpsychopathicmad as a hattermad as a March harefoaming at the mouthsectionableinformal:mentaloff one's headout of one's headoff one's nutnutsnuttynutty as a fruitcakeoff one's rockernot (quite) right in the headround the bendstark raving madraving madbatsbonkerscuckoocrackedloopyloonybananaslocodippyscrewyschizoidtouchedgagaoff the wallnot all therenot right upstairsbarmycrackersbarkingbarking madstark staring maddottybattyround the twistoff one's trolleyas daft as a brushnot the full shillingup the poleaway with the fairiesbuggynutsynutsoout of one's treemeshugasquirrellywackoinformal:bushedyarraporangihave kangaroos in the/one's top paddockOpposite sane
   • ▪ extremely foolish or eccentric: "he would be asked to acquiesce in some lunatic scheme" Similar foolishstupidsillyidiotichalf-wittedwitlessbrainlessmindlessthoughtlessimprudentincautiousirresponsibleinjudiciousindiscreetunwiseunintelligentunreasonableill-advisedill-consideredimpoliticrashrecklessfoolhardylunaticabsurdsenselesspointlessnonsensicalinanefatuousridiculouslaughablerisiblederisibleinformal:dumbdimdim-witteddopeydamfoolhalf-bakedhare-brainedcrackbrainedpea-brainedwooden-headedthickheadednuttymadcrazydippycuckooscrewywackybarmydaftbattydottygormlessglaikitdumb-asschowderheadeddotishOpposite sensiblewise

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French lunatique, from late Latin lunaticus, from Latin luna ‘moon’ (from the belief that changes of the moon caused intermittent insanity).

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