Lunacy

What do we mean by lunacy?

Mental derangement; craziness. noun

Intermittent mental derangement attributed to the changing phases of the moon. noun

Great or wild foolishness. noun

A wildly foolish or irrational act. noun

The kind of intermittent insanity formerly supposed to be subject to the change's of the moon; hence, madness in general; any unsoundness of mind. See insanity. noun

In law, unsoundness of mind sufficient to incapacitate for civil transactions. The usual test is incapacity to manage one's own property and affairs. noun

Synonyms Derangement, Craziness, etc. See insanity. noun

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. noun

A morbid suspension of good sense or judgment, as through fanaticism. noun

The state of being mad, insanity noun

Something deeply misguided. noun

Obsolete terms for legal insanity noun

Foolish or senseless behavior noun

(of a person or group of people) The state of being mad, insanity

Something deeply misguided.

Words that are spelled similarly to lunacy:
lunacy, lunary.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word lunacy:
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Words that rhyme with lunacy:
tunis he.

Adjectives that are often used to describe lunacy:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective lunacy:
williams, act, research, commission, acts, laws, commissioners, bill, renton, bringing, law, reform, statute, further, marches, consolidation.

Consonant match to lunacy:
linaceae, lennoaceae, lanasa.

Words that sound like lunacy:
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