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lunacy

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

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WOTD – 1 June 2008

Etymology

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Fromlunatic +‎-cy.

Pronunciation

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(UK)IPA^(key): /ˈluː.nə.si/,/ˈljuː.nə.si/
(US)IPA^(key): /ˈluː.nə.si/
Audio(US): (file)
Audio(General Australian): (file)

Noun

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lunacy (countable anduncountable,plurallunacies)

(of a person or group of people) The state of beingmad,insanity
1. a cyclical mental disease, apparently linked to the lunar phases
2. insanity implying legalirresponsibility.
Something deeplymisguided.

state of being mad

Bulgarian:лудост (bg) f(ludost)
Chinese:
Mandarin:精神病 (zh)(jīngshénbìng),神經病 /神经病 (zh)(shénjīngbìng)
Danish:galskab c
Dutch:gekheid (nl),krankzinnigheid (nl),waanzin (nl)
Finnish:hulluus (fi)
French:folie (fr) f
German:Verrücktheit (de) f,Wahnsinn (de) m
Irish:gealtachas m
Italian:pazzia (it) f
Manx:ard-ommidjys m
Marathi:वेड n(veḍ)
Norwegian:galskap (no) m
Old English:mōnaþsēocnes f
Ottoman Turkish:جنت(cinnet),مجنونلق(mecnunluk)
Plautdietsch:Wonsenn m
Polish:obłęd (pl) m,niepoczytalność (pl) f
Russian:безу́мие (ru) n(bezúmije),невменя́емость (ru) f(nevmenjájemostʹ),помеша́тельство (ru) n(pomešátelʹstvo),сумасше́ствие (ru) n(sumasšéstvije),умопомеша́тельство (ru) n(umopomešátelʹstvo)
Spanish:locura (es) f
Turkish:cinnet (tr),çılgınlık (tr),delilik (tr)

cyclical mental disease, apparently linked to the lunar phases

Dutch:maanziekte (nl)

something deeply misguided

Dutch:gekheid (nl),waanzin (nl)
Finnish:hulluus (fi)
French:^{(pleaseverify)}lunaire (fr)

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