lunacy

English

WOTD – 1 June 2008

Etymology

From lunatic +‎ -cy.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈluː.nə.si /, /ˈljuː.nə.si/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈluː.nə.si /
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Noun

lunacy (countable and uncountable, plural lunacies)

(of a person or group of people) The state of being mad, insanity
1. a cyclical mental disease, apparently linked to the lunar phases
2. insanity implying legal irresponsibility.
Something deeply misguided.

Synonyms

(state of being mad): insanity, madness, craziness, craze

Derived terms

lunatic

Translations

state of being mad

Dutch: gekheid (nl), krankzinnigheid (nl), waanzin (nl)
Finnish: hulluus (fi)
German: Verrücktheit (de) f, Wahnsinn (de) m
Irish: gealtachas m
Italian: pazzia (it) f
Manx: ard-ommidjys m

Norwegian: galskap m
Old English: mōnaþsēocnes f
Polish: obłęd (pl) m, niepoczytalność (pl) f
Russian: безу́мие (ru) n (bezúmije), невменя́емость (ru) f (nevmenjájemostʹ)
Spanish: locura (es) f

cyclical mental disease, apparently linked to the lunar phases

Dutch: maanziekte (nl)

something deeply misguided

Dutch: gekheid (nl), waanzin (nl)

Finnish: hulluus (fi)

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German: ^{(please verify)} Wahnsinn (de)

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