GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Lunatic , a. [F. lunatique, L. lunaticus, fr. luna the moon. See Lunar.]
   Affected by lunacy; insane; mad; crazy; demented.
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   Lord, have mercy on my son; for he is lunatic.
   Wyclif (Matt. xvii. 15).
   
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   Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, an insane person; evincing lunacy; as, lunatic gibberish; a lunatic asylum.
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   Lunatic, n. A person affected by lunacy; an insane person, esp. one who has lucid intervals; a madman; a person of unsound mind.
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   The lunatic, the lover, and the poet,
   Are of imagination all compact.
   Shak.
   
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