Thesaurus: lunatic

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1. a. Affected by lunacy; insane; mad.
2. a. Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, an insane person; evincing lunacy; as, lunatic gibberish; a lunatic asylum.
3. n. A person affected by lunacy; an insane person, esp. one who has lucid intervals; a madman; a person of unsound mind.
4. adj. insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon
5. n. an insane person
6. n. a reckless impetuous irresponsible person
7. 1. Affected by lunacy; insane; mad. 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. 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.
8. A person affected by lunacy; an insane person, esp. one who haslucid intervals; a madman; a person of unsound mind.The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, Are of imagination all compact.Shak.
9. j:28/n:72 n. an insane person s. insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon