"lunatic" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈluːnətɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lunatic.wav [Southern-England] 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. Synonyms: crazed, insane, mad, demented, maniacal, psychotic Derived forms: lunatically Related terms: lunatic soup, de lunatico inquirendo 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), lunático (Portuguese), сумасше́дший (sumasšédšij) (Russian), душевнобольно́й (duševnobolʹnój) (Russian), поме́шанный (poméšannyj) (Russian), чо́кнутый (čóknutyj) [colloquial] (Russian), šialený (Slovak), bláznivý (Slovak), lunático (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-lunatic-en-adj-bqI~QVN7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lunatick [obsolete]

Noun

IPA: /ˈluːnətɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lunatic.wav [Southern-England] 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 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 (Chinese Mandarin), 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), 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)
    Sense id: en-lunatic-en-noun-8Xfnl6ma
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lunatick [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "insane person",
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          "sense": "insane person",
          "word": "baug"
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          "sense": "insane person",
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          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "deli",
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          "word": "szaleniec"
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          "sense": "insane person",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "insane person",
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          "code": "ro",
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          "word": "nebună"
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          "word": "псих"
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          "roman": "duševnobolʹnój",
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          "word": "душевнобольно́й"
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          "roman": "sumasšédšij",
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          "word": "поме́шанный"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "galning"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "dåre"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "knäppgök"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "word": "baliw"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "word": "sira-ulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "insane person",
      "word": "deli"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lunatic"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
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    "English terms derived from Late Latin",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk-",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links"
  ],
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      "word": "lunatically"
    }
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        "3": "lunatique"
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    {
      "form": "more lunatic",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "most lunatic",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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      "word": "lunatic soup"
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      "word": "de lunatico inquirendo"
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        "Crazed, mad, insane, demented."
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "word": "crazed"
    },
    {
      "word": "insane"
    },
    {
      "word": "mad"
    },
    {
      "word": "demented"
    },
    {
      "word": "maniacal"
    },
    {
      "word": "psychotic"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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    }
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    {
      "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": "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"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lunatic"
}

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