What does lunacy mean?

Definitions for lunacy
ˈlu nə silu·na·cy

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. lunacy, madness, insanenessnoun

    obsolete terms for legal insanity

  2. folly, foolery, tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy, indulgencenoun

    foolish or senseless behavior

Wiktionary

  1. lunacynoun

    The state of being mad, insanity

  2. lunacynoun

    Something deeply misguided.

  3. Etymology: From lunatic + -cy.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Lunacynoun

    A kind of madness influenced by the moon; madness in general.

    Etymology: from luna, the moon.

    Love is merely madness, and deserves as well a dark house and a whip as madmen do; and the reason why they are not so punished and cured is, that the lunacy is so ordinary, that the whippers are in love too. William Shakespeare, As you like it.

    Your kindred shun your house,
    As beaten hence by your strange lunacy. William Shakespeare.

    There is difference of lunacy: I had rather be mad with him, that, when he had nothing, thought all the ships that came into the haven his, than with you, who, when you have so much coming in, think you have nothing. John Suckling.

ChatGPT

  1. lunacy

    Lunacy refers to the state of being mentally ill, especially in a manner that leads to eccentric, foolish or bizarre behaviors. It may also mean extreme folly, reckless behavior or a foolish act. The term originates from the historical belief that changes in the moon (Latin “luna”) could cause intermittent insanity.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Lunacynoun

    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

  2. Lunacynoun

    a morbid suspension of good sense or judgment, as through fanaticism

Wikidata

  1. Lunacy

    Lunacy is a 2005 Czech film by Jan Švankmajer. The film is loosely based on two short stories, "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether" and "The Premature Burial", by Edgar Allan Poe. It is also partly inspired by the works of the Marquis de Sade. The film was shot between October 2004 and April 2005, on location in the village of Peruc close to Prague, and in Švankmajer's studio in the village of Knovíz.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of lunacy in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of lunacy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of lunacy in a Sentence

  1. James Carville:

    What’s wrong is this stupid wokeness, this defund-the-police lunacy. This‘Take AbrahamLincoln’s name off of the schools.’Peoplesee that, and it just really has a suppressive effect on Democrats.Some of these people need to go to a woke detox centeror something.

  2. James Carville:

    Don’t just look at Virginia and New Jersey. Look at Long Island and Seattle, Washington. This defund-police lunacy and take Lincoln’s name off of schools: People see that. It’s having a suppressive effect across the country. Some people need to go to a woke detox center, james Carville believes his party lost its way and he is correct.

  3. Rowan Dean:

    This is just superb and it was on YOUR ABC earlier this evening, which Sky News Australia paid for this lefty lunacy, have a look, there we go Ross Cameron, consent for changing nappies.

  4. James Carville:

    Don’t just look at Virginia and New Jersey. Look at Long Island and Seattle, Washington. This defund-police lunacy and take Lincoln’s name off of schools … people see that. It’s having a suppressive effect across the country. Some people need to go to a woke detox center.

  5. Barbara Ransby:

    Did House Speaker Nancy Pelosi just say' George Floyd, thank u 4 sacrificing your life for justice' ? George Floyd did not SACRIFICE George Floyd life. George Floyd life was violently taken, this type of lunacy is what happens when Professor Barbara Ransby view people as nothing but pawns for Professor Barbara Ransby cause.

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