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LUNACY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Foolish or senseless behavior
Synonyms:
craziness; folly; foolery; indulgence; lunacy; tomfoolery
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("lunacy" is a kind of...):
caper; frolic; gambol; play; romp (gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lunacy"):
meshugaas; mishegaas; mishegoss ((Yiddish) craziness; senseless behavior or activity)
buffoonery; clowning; frivolity; harlequinade; japery; prank (acting like a clown or buffoon)
Derivation:
lunatic (insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Obsolete terms for legal insanity
Synonyms:
insaneness; lunacy; madness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("lunacy" is a kind of...):
insanity (relatively permanent disorder of the mind)
Derivation:
lunatic (insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon)
