Found 3 items, similar to Lunacy.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: lunacy
kegilaan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: lunacy
lunacy
n 1: obsolete terms for legal insanity [syn:
madness,
insaneness]
2: foolish or senseless behavior [syn:
folly,
foolery,
tomfoolery,
craziness,
indulgence]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Lunacy
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 idiocy; mental derangement or
alienation. --Brande. --Burrill.
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Your kindred shuns your house
As beaten hence by your strange lunacy. --Shak.
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2. A morbid suspension of good sense or judgment, as through
fanaticism. --Dr. H. More.
Syn: Derangement; craziness; mania. See
Insanity.
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