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Webster 1913 Edition
Lunatic
1.
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.Lu′na-tic
,Noun.
A person affected by lunacy; an insane person, esp. one who has lucid intervals; a madman; a person of unsound mind.
The
Are of imagination all compact.
lunatic
, the lover, and the poet,Are of imagination all compact.
Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Lunatic
LU'NATIC
,Adj.
LU'NATIC
,Noun.
Definition 2024
lunatic
lunatic
English
Noun
lunatic (plural lunatics)
- An insane person.
Synonyms
- moonling
- See also Wikisaurus:mad person
Translations
insane person
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Adjective
lunatic (comparative more lunatic, superlative most lunatic)
Synonyms
Translations
crazed
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Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /luˈna.tik/
Etymology 1
From Latin lūnāticus, equivalent to lună + -atic.
Alternative forms
- lunatec
Noun
lunatic m (plural lunatici)
- somnambulist, sleepwalker
- (rare) dullard, fool, scatterbrain
Declension
declension of lunatic
Synonyms
- (sleepwalker): somnambul, somnambulist, noctambul
- (fool): prostănac, cretin
Adjective
lunatic m, n (feminine singular lunatică, masculine plural lunatici, feminine and neuter plural lunatice)
- (popular, rare) born in the same month as another
Declension
declension of lunatic
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | lunatic | lunatică | lunatici | lunatice | ||
| definite | lunaticul | lunatica | lunaticii | lunaticele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | lunatic | lunatice | lunatici | lunatice | ||
| definite | lunaticului | lunaticei | lunaticilor | lunaticelor | |||
Related terms
Etymology 2
Borrowing from French lunatique, Italian lunatico.
Adjective
lunatic m, n (feminine singular lunatică, masculine plural lunatici, feminine and neuter plural lunatice)
- (rare) having hallucinations
- (rare) fantastic, unreal, bizarre
- having unusual or strange ideas and behavior
- (rare) fearful
Declension
declension of lunatic
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | lunatic | lunatică | lunatici | lunatice | ||
| definite | lunaticul | lunatica | lunaticii | lunaticele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | lunatic | lunatice | lunatici | lunatice | ||
| definite | lunaticului | lunaticei | lunaticilor | lunaticelor | |||
See also
- zăpăcit