LUNACIES

Noun

lunacies

plural of lunacy

Anagrams

• aesculin, æsculin

Source: Wiktionary


LUNACY

Lu"na*cy, n.; pl. Lunacies. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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