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lunatic

[ loo-nuh-tik ]

noun

  1. (no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) an insane person.
  2. a person whose actions and manner are marked by extreme eccentricity or recklessness.
  3. a person legally declared to be of unsound mind and who therefore is not held capable or responsible before the law: a former legal term.


adjective

  1. (no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) insane.
  2. characteristic or suggestive of lunacy; wildly or recklessly foolish.
  3. Older Use. designated for or used by the insane:

    a lunatic asylum.

  4. gaily or lightheartedly mad, frivolous, eccentric, etc.:

    She has a lunatic charm that is quite engaging.

lunatic

/ ˈːəɪ /

adjective

  1. an archaic word for insane
  2. foolish; eccentric; crazy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a person who is insane
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԲپ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • ·Բi·· adverb
  • 󲹱-n·پ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lunatic1

1250–1300; Middle English lunatik, from Old French lunatique, from Late Latin ūپܲ “mǴDzԲٰܳ.” See Luna, -tic ( def )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lunatic1

C13 (adj) via Old French from Late Latin ūپܲ crazy, moonstruck, from Latin ūԲ moon
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"Some unhinged lunatic, a man, wearing daisy dukes, at a makeup store, got in my face today. Dems are nuts. So I went off - and I won’t be backing down," she captioned the post.

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"Every time I find one of these lunatics, I take away their visas," Rubio told reporters in late March.

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Rubio, like most in the Trump administration, uses hyperbolic and accusatory language towards his victims, calling them "lunatics."

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And once troops are deployed, it will not be easy to get them off the streets in any place that the president thinks is threatened by “radical left lunatics.”

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“Every time I find one of these lunatics, I take away their visa,” Rubio told reporters last month.

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