LUNATIC
\lˈuːnətˌɪk], \lˈuːnətˌɪk], \l_ˈuː_n_ə_t_ˌɪ_k]\
Definitions of LUNATIC
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a reckless impetuous irresponsible person
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insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon
By Princeton University
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a reckless impetuous irresponsible person
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(informal) some insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A person affected by lunacy; an insane person, esp. one who has lucid intervals; a madman; a person of unsound mind.
By Oddity Software
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A person affected by lunacy; an insane person, esp. one who has lucid intervals; a madman; a person of unsound mind.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Relating to the moon. An epithet given to diseases which are supposed to appear at certain phases of the moon, or to those who are affected by them. The term lunatic (Mooned, Moonstruck, Selenobletus), is restricted to one labouring under lunacy or mental alienation, Dementia accidentalis seu adventitia, that is, under any form unsoundness of mind, except idiocy. In law, a lunatic is one who has had an understanding, but by disease, grief, or other accident, has lost the use of his reason, and become non compos mentis or non compos.
By Robley Dunglison
