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Lunatic

Lunatic Meaning & Definition
Lunatic Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lunatic?

[n] a reckless impetuous irresponsible person
[n] an insane person
[adj] (informal) some insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon

Synonyms | Synonyms for Lunatic: daredevil | harum-scarum | hothead | insane | madcap | madman | maniac | moonstruck | swashbuckler

Related Terms | Find terms related to Lunatic: abnormal | absurd | aliene | ass | balmy | batty | bedlamite | bereft of reason | borderline case | born fool | brainsick | buffoon | clown | crackbrain | crackbrained | cracked | crackpot | crank | crazed | crazy | cuckoo | daft | deluded | dement | demented | demoniac | deprived of reason | deranged | ding-a-ling | disoriented | distraught | doodle | egregious ass | energumen | fanatic | fantastic | figure of fun | flake | flighty | fool | fou | hallucinated | harebrain | idiot | ignoramus | insane | irrational | jackass | kook | loco | loon | loony | mad | maddened | madman | maniac | manic | mazed | mental | mentally deficient | meshuggah | meshuggenah | milksop | mooncalf | moon-struck | neuropath | neurotic | non compos | non compos mentis | noncompos | not all there | not right | nut | odd | of unsound mind | off | paranoid | perfect fool | phrenetic | potty | preposterous | psycho | psychoneurotic | queer | raver | raving lunatic | reasonless | schmuck | screwball | senseless | sick | softhead | sop | stark-mad | stark-staring mad | strange | stupid ass | tetched | tomfool | touched | unbalanced | unhinged | unsane | unsettled | unsound | wacky | wandering | weirdo | witless | zany

See Also | adventurer | bedlamite | crazy | diseased person | looney | loony | madwoman | pyromaniac | sick person | sufferer | tearaway | venturer | weirdo

Lunatic In Webster's Dictionary

\Lu"na*tic\, a. [F. lunatique, L. lunaticus, fr. luna the moon. See {Lunar}.] 1. Affected by lunacy; insane; mad. Lord, have mercy on my son; for he is lunatic. --Wyclif (Matt. xvii. 15). 2. Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, an insane person; evincing lunacy; as, lunatic gibberish; a lunatic asylum.
\Lu"na*tic\, n. A person affected by lunacy; an insane person, esp. one who has lucid intervals; a madman; a person of unsound mind. The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, Are of imagination all compact. --Shak.

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