lunacy
1Lunacy — may refer to:* Lunacy, slang for mental illness * Lunacy (film), a 2005 Jan Švankmajer s film * Lunacy (video game), a video game for Sega Saturn * Lunacy (album), by Luna Sea * Lunacy (band), an alternative punk rock group from Charlotte, North… …
2Lunacy — Студийный альбом Seize Дата выпуска 14 ноября, 2000 Жанр электр …
3Lunacy — 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… …
4lunacy — lu·na·cy / lü nə sē/ n: insanity Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. lunacy …
5lunacy — 1540s, condition of being a lunatic, formed in English from LUNATIC (Cf. lunatic) + CY (Cf. cy). Originally in reference to intermittent periods of insanity, such as were believed to be triggered by the moon s cycle. The O.E. equivalent was… …
6lunacy — insanity, psychosis, mania, dementia Analogous words: alienation, derangement, *aberration: *mania, delirium, frenzy, hysteria …
7lunacy — [n] craziness, madness aberration, absurdity, alienation, asininity, dementia, derangement, distraction, fatuity, folly, foolhardiness, foolishness, idiocy, imbalance, imbecility, inanity, ineptitude, insanity, mania, psychopathy, psychosis,… …
8lunacy — ► NOUN (pl. lunacies) 1) insanity (not in technical use). 2) extreme folly. ORIGIN from LUNATIC(Cf. ↑lunatic) …
9lunacy — [lo͞o′nə sē] n. [ LUNA(TIC) + CY] 1. a) Obs. intermittent insanity, formerly supposed to change in intensity with the phases of the moon b) mental unsoundness; insanity 2. pl. lunacies great folly or a foolish act SYN. INSANITY …
10lunacy — n. 1) sheer lunacy 2) lunacy to + inf. (it was lunacy to climb that mountain) * * * [ luːnəsɪ] sheer lunacy lunacy to + inf. (it was lunacy to climb that mountain) lunacy to + inf. (it was lunacy to climb that mountain) …
