01 n. Insanity or madness; properly, the kind of insanity which is broken by intervals of reason, -- formerly supposed to be influenced by the ch…
pl.
Lunacies ((#))
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1.
Insanity or madness; properly, the kind of insanity which is broken by intervals of reason, -- formerly supposed to be influenced by the changes of the moon; any form of unsoundness of mind, except idiocy; mental derangement or alienation.“Your kindred shuns your house As beaten hence by your strange lunacy.” — Shak.
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2.
A morbid suspension of good sense or judgment, as through fanaticism.
Syn.
Derangement; craziness; mania. See Insanity.