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Lunacy

Lunacy Meaning & Definition
Lunacy Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lunacy?

[n] obsolete terms for legal insanity

Synonyms | Synonyms for Lunacy: insaneness | madness

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See Also | insanity

Lunacy In Webster's Dictionary

\Lu"na*cy\, n.; pl. {Lunacies}. [See {Lunatic}.] 1. 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. --Brande. --Burrill. Your kindred shuns your house As beaten hence by your strange lunacy. --Shak. 2. A morbid suspension of good sense or judgment, as through fanaticism. --Dr. H. More. Syn: Derangement; craziness; mania. See {Insanity}.

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