"lunacy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈluː.nə.si/ [UK], /ˈljuː.nə.si/ [UK], /ˈluː.nə.si/ [US] Audio: en-us-lunacy.ogg [US], en-au-lunacy.ogg [Australia] Forms: lunacies [plural]
Etymology: From lunatic + -cy. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|lunatic|cy}} lunatic + -cy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} lunacy (countable and uncountable, plural lunacies)
  1. (of a person or group of people) The state of being mad, insanity
    a cyclical mental disease, apparently linked to the lunar phases
    Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (cyclical mental disease, apparently linked to the lunar phases): maanziekte (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-lunacy-en-noun-nfJUMQjt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -cy Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 37 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cy: 47 30 23 Disambiguation of 'cyclical mental disease, apparently linked to the lunar phases': 92 7 2
  2. (of a person or group of people) The state of being mad, insanity
    insanity implying legal irresponsibility.
    Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-lunacy-en-noun-5W6Hpaoy
  3. Something deeply misguided. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (something deeply misguided): gekheid (Dutch), waanzin (Dutch), hulluus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-lunacy-en-noun-hyVIcoNv Disambiguation of 'something deeply misguided': 3 1 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (state of being mad): insanity, madness, craziness, craze Derived forms: balloonacy, commission of lunacy Translations (state of being mad): лудост (ludost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 精神病 (jīngshénbìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 神經病 (Chinese Mandarin), 神经病 (shénjīngbìng) (Chinese Mandarin), galskab [common-gender] (Danish), gekheid (Dutch), krankzinnigheid (Dutch), waanzin (Dutch), hulluus (Finnish), folie [feminine] (French), Verrücktheit [feminine] (German), Wahnsinn [masculine] (German), gealtachas [masculine] (Irish), pazzia [feminine] (Italian), ard-ommidjys [masculine] (Manx), galskap [masculine] (Norwegian), mōnaþsēocnes [feminine] (Old English), جنت (cinnet) (Ottoman Turkish), Wonsenn [masculine] (Plautdietsch), obłęd [masculine] (Polish), niepoczytalność [feminine] (Polish), безу́мие (bezúmije) [neuter] (Russian), невменя́емость (nevmenjájemostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), помеша́тельство (pomešátelʹstvo) [neuter] (Russian), сумасше́ствие (sumasšéstvije) [neuter] (Russian), умопомеша́тельство (umopomešátelʹstvo) [neuter] (Russian), locura [feminine] (Spanish), cinnet (Turkish), çılgınlık (Turkish), delilik (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'state of being mad': 49 49 1 Disambiguation of 'state of being mad': 49 49 1

Inflected forms

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      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Wonsenn"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "obłęd"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "niepoczytalność"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bezúmije",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "безу́мие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nevmenjájemostʹ",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "невменя́емость"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pomešátelʹstvo",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "помеша́тельство"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sumasšéstvije",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сумасше́ствие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "umopomešátelʹstvo",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "умопомеша́тельство"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "locura"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "word": "cinnet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "word": "çılgınlık"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "word": "delilik"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "cyclical mental disease, apparently linked to the lunar phases",
      "word": "maanziekte"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "something deeply misguided",
      "word": "gekheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "something deeply misguided",
      "word": "waanzin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something deeply misguided",
      "word": "hulluus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lunacy"
}

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