Lunacy definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary LU'NACY, n. [from L ... 0 (2005) n 1: obsolete terms for legal insanity [syn: lunacy, madness, insaneness] 2: foolish or senseless behavior [syn: folly, foolery, tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy, indulgence] Merriam Webster's noun (plural -cies) Etymology: lunatic Date ... folly or eccentricity; a foolish act. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Lunacy Lu"na*cy, n.; pl. Lunacies. [See Lunatic.] 1. Insanity ... kindred shuns your house As beaten hence by your strange lunacy. --Shak. 2. A morbid suspension of good sense or judgment ... Cobuild Dictionary 1. If you describe someone's behaviour as lunacy, you mean that it seems very strange or foolish. ... ...
Commission of lunacy definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Commission Com*mis"sion, n ... bankrupt's lands and effects for the creditors. Commission of lunacy, a commission authorizing an inquiry whether a person is a ...
... state of being insane; unsoundness or derangement of mind; madness; lunacy. All power of fancy overreason is a degree of insanity ... under action, does away with individual responsibility. Syn: Syn>- Insanity, Lunacy, Madness, Derangement, Aliention, Aberration, Mania, Delirium, Frenzy, Monomania, Dementia. Usage: Insanity is the generic term for all such diseases; lunacy has now an equal extent of meaning, though once used ... n [disapproval] Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Derangement, lunacy, craziness, dementia, mania, madness, delirium, aberration of mind, alienation of ... idiotism, illusion, imbecility, impracticality, inanity, ineptitude, infantilism, insaneness, irrationality, irresponsibility, lunacy, madness, maladjustment, mania, manic-depressive psychosis, melancholia, mental defectiveness, mental ...
... Late Latin lunaticus, from Latin luna; from the belief that lunacy fluctuated with the phases of the moon Date: 14th century 1. a. affected with lunacy ; insane b. designed for the care of insane persons < lunatic ... Dictionary Lunatic Lu"na*tic, n. A person affected by lunacy; an insane person, esp. one who has lucid intervals; a ... lunaticus, fr. luna the moon. See Lunar.] 1. Affected by lunacy; insane; mad. Lord, have mercy on my son; for he ... or pertaining to, or suitable for, an insane person; evincing lunacy; as, lunatic gibberish; a lunatic asylum. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary ...
... A defect of understanding; properly, a natural defect. Idiocy and lunacy excuse from the guilt of crime. WordNet (r) 3.0 ... 2 extreme mental imbecility. Etymology: ME f. IDIOT, prob. after lunacy Webster's 1913 Dictionary Idiocy Id"i*o*cy, n ... the idiocy of continuing government subsidies for environmentally damaging activities. = lunacy N-VAR: oft N of n/-ing Soule's Dictionary ... giddiness, goofiness, half-wittedness, idiotism, imbecility, inanity, ineptitude, infantilism, insanity, lunacy, madness, mental defectiveness, mental deficiency, mental handicap, mental retardation, mindlessness ...
... being under the power of demons or invisible beings; madness; lunacy; as demoniacal possession. Writ of possession, a precept directing a ... 3. Thing possessed, property. 4. State of being possessed, madness, lunacy. Moby Thesaurus aberration, abnormality, accessories, acquest, acquire, acquisition, affluence, alienation ... level head, levelheadedness, loss of mind, loss of reason, lucre, lunacy, luxuriousness, madness, mammon, mandant, mandate, mandated territory, mandatee, mandatory, mania ...
... shot intended for A glances and strikes B. Syn: Insanity; lunacy; madness; derangement; alienation; mania; dementia; hallucination; illusion; delusion. See Insanity ... instigate, irrationality, irregularity, kink, loss of mind, loss of reason, lunacy, madness, maggot, mania, mannerism, mental deficiency, mental derangement, mental disease ...
... of a half-moon. [Little used.] 2. A fit of lunacy or madness, or a freak. [Not used.] 3. A leash ... by two intersecting arcs of circles. 3. A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable ...
Lunacies definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Lunacy Lu"na*cy, n.; pl. Lunacies. [See Lunatic.] 1. Insanity ... kindred shuns your house As beaten hence by your strange lunacy. --Shak. 2. A morbid suspension of good sense or judgment ...