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

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