'Lunatic' definitions:
Definition of 'lunatic'
From: WordNet
adjective
Insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon [syn: lunatic, moonstruck]
noun
noun
A reckless impetuous irresponsible person [syn: daredevil, madcap, hothead, swashbuckler, lunatic, harum- scarum]
Definition of 'Lunatic'
From: GCIDE
- Lunatic \Lu"na*tic\, a. [F. lunatique, L. lunaticus, fr. luna the moon. See Lunar.]
- 1. Affected by lunacy; insane; mad; crazy; demented. [1913 Webster]
- Lord, have mercy on my son; for he is lunatic. --Wyclif (Matt. xvii. 15). [1913 Webster]
- 2. Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, an insane person; evincing lunacy; as, lunatic gibberish; a lunatic asylum. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lunatic'
From: GCIDE
- Lunatic \Lu"na*tic\, n. A person affected by lunacy; an insane person, esp. one who has lucid intervals; a madman; a person of unsound mind. [1913 Webster]
- The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, Are of imagination all compact. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lunatic'
From: Easton
- Lunatic probably the same as epileptic, the symptoms of which disease were supposed to be more aggravated as the moon increased. In Matt. 4:24 "lunatics" are distinguished from demoniacs. In 17:15 the name "lunatic" is applied to one who is declared to have been possessed. (See DAEMONIAC.)
Synonyms of 'lunatic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abnormal,
- absurd,
- aliene,
- ass,
- balmy,
- batty,
- bedlamite,
- bereft of reason,
- borderline case,
- born fool,
- brainsick,
- buffoon,
- clown,
- crackbrain,
- crackbrained,
- cracked,
- crackpot,
- crank,
- crazed,
- crazy,
- cuckoo,
- daft,
- deluded,
- dement,
- demented,
- demoniac,
- deprived of reason,
- deranged,
- ding-a-ling,
- disoriented,
- distraught,
- doodle,
- egregious ass,
- energumen,
- fanatic,
- fantastic,
- figure of fun,
- flake,
- flighty,
- fool,
- fou,
- hallucinated,
- harebrain,
- idiot,
- ignoramus,
- insane,
- irrational,
- jackass,
- kook,
- loco,
- loon,
- loony,
- mad,
- maddened,
- madman,
- maniac,
- manic,
- mazed,
- mental,
- mentally deficient,
- meshuggah,
- meshuggenah,
- milksop,
- moon-struck,
- mooncalf,
- neuropath,
- neurotic,
- non compos,
- non compos mentis,
- noncompos,
- not all there,
- not right,
- nut,
- odd,
- of unsound mind,
- off,
- paranoid,
- perfect fool,
- phrenetic,
- potty,
- preposterous,
- psycho,
- psychoneurotic,
- queer,
- raver,
- raving lunatic,
- reasonless,
- schmuck,
- screwball,
- senseless,
- sick,
- softhead,
- sop,
- stark-mad,
- stark-staring mad,
- strange,
- stupid ass,
- tetched,
- tomfool,
- touched,
- unbalanced,
- unhinged,
- unsane,
- unsettled,
- unsound,
- wacky,
- wandering,
- weirdo,
- witless,
- zany