- lunacy
- noun (plural -cies) Etymology: lunatic Date: 1541 1. a. insanity b. intermittent insanity once believed to be related to phases of the moon 2. wild foolishness ; extravagant folly 3. a foolish act
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Lunacy — may refer to:* Lunacy, slang for mental illness * Lunacy (film), a 2005 Jan Švankmajer s film * Lunacy (video game), a video game for Sega Saturn * Lunacy (album), by Luna Sea * Lunacy (band), an alternative punk rock group from Charlotte, North… … Wikipedia
Lunacy — Студийный альбом Seize Дата выпуска 14 ноября, 2000 Жанр электр … Википедия
Lunacy — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lunacy — lu·na·cy / lü nə sē/ n: insanity Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. lunacy … Law dictionary
lunacy — 1540s, condition of being a lunatic, formed in English from LUNATIC (Cf. lunatic) + CY (Cf. cy). Originally in reference to intermittent periods of insanity, such as were believed to be triggered by the moon s cycle. The O.E. equivalent was… … Etymology dictionary
lunacy — insanity, psychosis, mania, dementia Analogous words: alienation, derangement, *aberration: *mania, delirium, frenzy, hysteria … New Dictionary of Synonyms
lunacy — [n] craziness, madness aberration, absurdity, alienation, asininity, dementia, derangement, distraction, fatuity, folly, foolhardiness, foolishness, idiocy, imbalance, imbecility, inanity, ineptitude, insanity, mania, psychopathy, psychosis,… … New thesaurus
lunacy — ► NOUN (pl. lunacies) 1) insanity (not in technical use). 2) extreme folly. ORIGIN from LUNATIC(Cf. ↑lunatic) … English terms dictionary
lunacy — [lo͞o′nə sē] n. [ LUNA(TIC) + CY] 1. a) Obs. intermittent insanity, formerly supposed to change in intensity with the phases of the moon b) mental unsoundness; insanity 2. pl. lunacies great folly or a foolish act SYN. INSANITY … English World dictionary
lunacy — n. 1) sheer lunacy 2) lunacy to + inf. (it was lunacy to climb that mountain) * * * [ luːnəsɪ] sheer lunacy lunacy to + inf. (it was lunacy to climb that mountain) lunacy to + inf. (it was lunacy to climb that mountain) … Combinatory dictionary
lunacy — [[t]lu͟ːnəsi[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT (disapproval) If you describe someone s behaviour as lunacy, you mean that it seems very strange or foolish. ...while trying to explain to them the lunacy of the tax system... It remains lunacy to produce yet more… … English dictionary
