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  • 103madness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. mental illness, derangement, aberration, delusion; see insanity 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. insanity, craziness, psychosis, lunacy, schizophrenia, dementia, derangement, mental illness, *nuttiness, mania, delusion… …

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  • 104Lunatic — Lu na*tic, a. [F. lunatique, L. lunaticus, fr. luna the moon. See {Lunar}.] 1. Affected by lunacy; insane; mad; crazy; demented. [1913 Webster] Lord, have mercy on my son; for he is lunatic. Wyclif (Matt. xvii. 15). [1913 Webster] 2. Of or… …

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  • 105Madness — Mad ness, n. [From {Mad}, a.] 1. The condition of being mad; insanity; lunacy. [1913 Webster] 2. Frenzy; ungovernable rage. [1913 Webster] 3. Extreme folly. [1913 Webster] Syn: Insanity; distraction; derangement; craziness; lunacy; mania; frenzy; …

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  • 106lunatic — adjective Etymology: Middle English lunatik, from Anglo French or Late Latin; Anglo French lunatic, from Late Latin lunaticus, from Latin luna; from the belief that lunacy fluctuated with the phases of the moon Date: 14th century 1. a. affected… …

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  • 107Lunatic — A lunatic (colloquially: looney or loon ) is a commonly used term for a person who is mentally ill, dangerous, foolish or unpredictable: a condition once called lunacy.Linguistic rootsThe word lunatic is borrowed from Latin lunaticus , which… …

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