lunacy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: lunacy	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for lunacy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lunacy n obsolete terms for legal insanity [syn: lunacy, madness, insaneness] foolish or senseless behavior Synonym(s): folly, foolery, tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy, indulgence
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}.