Lunatic — Defs

01 a. Affected by lunacy; insane; mad; crazy; demented.

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Affected by lunacy; insane; mad; crazy; demented.
“Lord, have mercy on my son; for he is lunatic.” — Wyclif (Matt. xvii. 15).
2.
Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, an insane person; evincing lunacy; as, lunatic gibberish; a lunatic asylum.

02 n. A person affected by lunacy; an insane person, esp. one who has lucid intervals; a madman; a person of unsound mind.

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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.
“The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, Are of imagination all compact.” — Shak.