lunaticaladj.
rare.
= lunatic adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > madness, extreme folly > [adjective]
woodc900
madc1300
wild1515
hare-brained1548
idle1548
harish1552
frantic1561
hare-brain1566
lunatic1571
lunatical1599
datelessa1686
flaky1964
tonto1982
1599 Master Broughtons Lett. Answered viii. 28 The Lunaticall conceits..are thine owne.
1600 M. Sutcliffe Briefe Replie to Libel ii. 43 Let this lunaticall or extaticall frier..forbeare to bragge.
1866 W. D. Howells Venetian Life 100 He was of a most lunatical deportment.
1892 National Observer 17 Dec. 101/2 The lunatical ignorance of politicians.
Derivatives
luˈnatically adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > madness, extreme folly > [adverb]
hare-brainedlya1577
lunatically1873
1873 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 311 The muezzin sang the prayers dismally, deathfully, lunatically.
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