Lunatic
['luːnətɪk] or ['lʊnə'tɪk]
Definition
(noun.) an insane person.
(adj.) insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon .
Editor: Michel--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Affected by lunacy; insane; mad.
(a.) Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, an insane person; evincing lunacy; as, lunatic gibberish; a lunatic asylum.
(n.) A person affected by lunacy; an insane person, esp. one who has lucid intervals; a madman; a person of unsound mind.
Edited by Kelsey
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Insane, mad, deranged, crazy, out of one's head.[2]. For lunatics.
n. Madman, maniac, insane person.
Checked by Douglas
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Madman, maniac, monomaniac
ANT:Solon, philosopher, luminary, genius
Edited by Brent
Examples
- He was the owner of the Lunatic Asylum. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Mr. Rochester flung me behind him: the lunatic sprang and grappled his throat viciously, and laid her teeth to his cheek: they struggled. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The honeymoon over, I learned my mistake; she was only mad, and shut up in a lunatic asylum. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Was it suspected that this lunatic, Mrs. Rochester, had any hand in it? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I know this is the talk of a dreamer--of a rapt, romantic lunatic. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Having made this lunatic confession, I began to throw my torn-up grass into the river, as if I had some thoughts of following it. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- As though a lunatic should trust in the world's coming triangular! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Wot are you a-doin' on, you lunatic? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Pity but somebody'd take that poor old lunatic and dig all that poetry rubbage out of him. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It was the grief of a lunatic. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In neither case were there any signs which could give us a clue as to the criminal or lunatic who had done the mischief. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was occupied, but only by a poor lunatic gentleman, and the people who took care of him. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Jo glanced at the sheet and saw a pleasing illustration composed of a lunatic, a corpse, a villain, and a viper. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I obscenity in the milk of all, Agustín said, if it does not seem like a lunatic asylum here. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- His lunatic wife: and you have nothing to do with him: you dare not speak to him or seek his presence. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Sane people did what their neighbors did, so that if any lunatics were at large, one might know and avoid them. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- A _manicomio_ for criminal lunatics, Agustín said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He finished with the casual remark that we were lunatics. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Typist: Paul