"lunatic" meaning in English

See lunatic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈluːnətɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lunatic.wav Forms: more lunatic [comparative], most lunatic [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English lunatik, from Old French lunatique, from Late Latin lunaticus (“moonstruck”), derived from Latin luna (“moon”), the connection stemming from the belief that changes of the moon caused intermittent insanity. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*lewk-}}, {{inh|en|enm|lunatik}} Middle English lunatik, {{der|en|fro|lunatique}} Old French lunatique, {{der|en|LL.|lunaticus|t=moonstruck}} Late Latin lunaticus (“moonstruck”), {{der|en|la|luna|t=moon}} Latin luna (“moon”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} lunatic (comparative more lunatic, superlative most lunatic)
  1. Crazed, mad, insane, demented. Translations (crazed): луд (lud) (Bulgarian), побъркан (pobǎrkan) (Bulgarian), llunàtic (Catalan), šílený (Czech), bláznivý (Czech), lunatika (Esperanto), hullu (Finnish), lunatique (French), סַהֲרוּרִי (saharurí) [masculine] (Hebrew), gealtach (Irish), gan chiall (Irish), lunaticus (Latin), leunatique (Norman), دلی (deli) (Ottoman Turkish), مجنون (mecnun) (Ottoman Turkish), lunático (Portuguese), сумасше́дший (sumasšédšij) (Russian), душевнобольно́й (duševnobolʹnój) (Russian), поме́шанный (poméšannyj) (Russian), чо́кнутый (čóknutyj) [colloquial] (Russian), šialený (Slovak), bláznivý (Slovak), lunático (Spanish), lloerig (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-lunatic-en-adj-bqI~QVN7 Disambiguation of 'crazed': 97 0 3
  2. (literary, rare) Relating to the Moon; lunar. Tags: literary, rare
    Sense id: en-lunatic-en-adj-D1vCb86u
  3. (literary, rare) Influenced or affected by the Moon. Tags: literary, rare
    Sense id: en-lunatic-en-adj--bGUTh6Z
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lunatick [obsolete], crazed, insane, mad, demented, maniacal, psychotic Derived forms: lunatically Related terms: lunatic soup, de lunatico inquirendo

Noun

IPA: /ˈluːnətɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lunatic.wav Forms: lunatics [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English lunatik, from Old French lunatique, from Late Latin lunaticus (“moonstruck”), derived from Latin luna (“moon”), the connection stemming from the belief that changes of the moon caused intermittent insanity. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*lewk-}}, {{inh|en|enm|lunatik}} Middle English lunatik, {{der|en|fro|lunatique}} Old French lunatique, {{der|en|LL.|lunaticus|t=moonstruck}} Late Latin lunaticus (“moonstruck”), {{der|en|la|luna|t=moon}} Latin luna (“moon”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} lunatic (plural lunatics)
  1. An insane person. Synonyms: moonling, mad person Derived forms: lunacy, lunatical, lunatic asylum, lunatic fringe, lunatics have taken over the asylum Translations (insane person): иҫәр (iśər) (Bashkir), диуана (diwana) (Bashkir), алйот (alyot) (Bashkir), тиле (tile) (Bashkir), йүләр (yülər) (Bashkir), тинтәк (tintək) (Bashkir), һантый (hantıy) (Bashkir), луд (lud) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ᎤᎸᏅᏘᏍᎩ (ulvnvtisgi) (Cherokee), 瘋子 /疯子 (fēngzi) (Chinese Mandarin), 狂人 (kuángrén) (Chinese Mandarin), šílenec [masculine] (Czech), blázen [masculine] (Czech), gek [masculine] (Dutch), gekkin [feminine] (Dutch), zot [masculine] (Dutch), zottin [feminine] (Dutch), lunatiko (Esperanto), hullu (Finnish), kuuhullu (Finnish), mielipuoli (Finnish), dément [masculine] (French), démente [feminine] (French), aliéné [masculine] (French), aliénée [feminine] (French), lunatique [feminine, masculine] (French), déséquilibré [feminine] (French), Irre [feminine, masculine] (German), buangit (Hiligaynon), rendido ang ulo (Hiligaynon), holdkóros [singular] (Hungarian), havas [archaic, singular] (Hungarian), brjálæðingur [masculine] (Icelandic), geðsjúklingur [masculine] (Icelandic), folle (Interlingua), gealt [feminine] (Irish), demente [feminine, masculine] (Italian), 気違い (kichigai) (Japanese), mũgũrũki [class-1] (Kikuyu), 미치광이 (michigwang'i) (Korean), лудак (ludak) [masculine] (Macedonian), porowairangi (Maori), वेडा (veḍā) [masculine] (Marathi), वेडी (veḍī) [feminine] (Marathi), वेडे (veḍe) [neuter] (Marathi), leunatique [masculine] (Norman), lunatic (Occitan), baug (Occitan), fòl (Occitan), دلی (deli) (Ottoman Turkish), مجنون (mecnūn) (Ottoman Turkish), wariat [masculine] (Polish), szaleniec [masculine] (Polish), lunático [masculine] (Portuguese), lunática [feminine] (Portuguese), nebun [masculine] (Romanian), nebună [feminine] (Romanian), псих (psix) [masculine] (Russian), душевнобольно́й (duševnobolʹnój) [masculine] (Russian), сумасше́дший (sumasšédšij) [masculine] (Russian), поме́шанный (poméšannyj) [masculine] (Russian), чо́кнутый (čóknutyj) [colloquial, masculine] (Russian), bezumnik (Serbo-Croatian), šialenec [masculine] (Slovak), blázon [masculine] (Slovak), insano [masculine] (Spanish), orate (Spanish), galning [common-gender] (Swedish), dåre [common-gender] (Swedish), knäppgök [common-gender] (Swedish), baliw (Tagalog), sira-ulo (Tagalog), deli (Turkish), lloerig (Welsh)
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Synonyms: lunatick [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    },
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      "categories": [
        "English literary terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1956 Summer, David R[ytman] Slavitt, “Partiti da Cotesti che son Morti”, in The Kenyon Review, volume XVIII, number 3, Gambier, O.H.: Kenyon College, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 370:",
          "text": "This I remember: she was false as the lunatic sea.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Influenced or affected by the Moon."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Moon",
          "Moon#Proper noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, rare) Influenced or affected by the Moon."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈluːnətɪk/"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "crazed"
    },
    {
      "word": "insane"
    },
    {
      "word": "mad"
    },
    {
      "word": "demented"
    },
    {
      "word": "maniacal"
    },
    {
      "word": "psychotic"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "lunatick"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lud",
      "sense": "crazed",
      "word": "луд"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pobǎrkan",
      "sense": "crazed",
      "word": "побъркан"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "crazed",
      "word": "llunàtic"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "crazed",
      "word": "šílený"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "crazed",
      "word": "bláznivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "crazed",
      "word": "lunatika"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "crazed",
      "word": "hullu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "crazed",
      "word": "lunatique"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "saharurí",
      "sense": "crazed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "סַהֲרוּרִי"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "crazed",
      "word": "gealtach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "crazed",
      "word": "gan chiall"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "crazed",
      "word": "lunaticus"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "crazed",
      "word": "leunatique"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "deli",
      "sense": "crazed",
      "word": "دلی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "mecnun",
      "sense": "crazed",
      "word": "مجنون"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "crazed",
      "word": "lunático"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sumasšédšij",
      "sense": "crazed",
      "word": "сумасше́дший"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "duševnobolʹnój",
      "sense": "crazed",
      "word": "душевнобольно́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poméšannyj",
      "sense": "crazed",
      "word": "поме́шанный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čóknutyj",
      "sense": "crazed",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "чо́кнутый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "crazed",
      "word": "šialený"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "crazed",
      "word": "bláznivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "crazed",
      "word": "lunático"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "crazed",
      "word": "lloerig"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lunatic"
}

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