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lunacy |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lunacy \Lu"na*cy\, n.; pl {Lunacies}. [See {Lunatic}.] 1. Insanity or madness; properly, the kind of insanity which is broken by intervals of reason, -- formerly supposed to be influenced by the changes of the moon; any form of unsoundness of mind, except idiocy; mental derangement or alienation. --Brande. --Burrill. Your kindred shuns your house As beaten hence by your strange lunacy. --Shak. 2. A morbid suspension of good sense or judgment, as through fanaticism. --Dr. H. More Syn: Derangement; craziness; mania. See {Insanity}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: lunacy n : obsolete terms for legal insanity [syn: {madness}, {insaneness}]
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