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Lunacy , n.; pl. Lunacies . [See Lunatic.]
- 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.1913 Webster
Your kindred shuns your house
As beaten hence by your strange lunacy.Shak.1913 Webster - A morbid suspension of good sense or judgment, as through fanaticism.Dr. H. More.
Syn. -- Derangement; craziness; mania. See Insanity.
1913 Webster
- 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.