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Definition of Lunacy
1. Noun. Obsolete terms for legal insanity.
2. Noun. Foolish or senseless behavior.
Generic synonyms: Caper, Frolic, Gambol, Play, Romp
Specialized synonyms: Meshugaas, Mishegaas, Mishegoss, Buffoonery, Clowning, Frivolity, Harlequinade, Japery, Prank
Derivative terms: Crazy, Crazy, Fool, Lunatic
Definition of Lunacy
1. n. 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.
Definition of Lunacy
1. Noun. (context: of a person or group of people) The state of being mad, insanity ¹
2. Noun. Something deeply misguided. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lunacy
1. insanity [n -CIES] - See also: insanity
Medical Definition of Lunacy
1. 1. An obsolete term for a form of insanity characterised by alternating lucid and insane periods, believed to be influenced by phases of the moon. 2. Any form of insanity. 3. Insanity as defined variously by law. Origin: L. Luna, moon (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lunacy
Literary usage of Lunacy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, John Melville Gould, Oliver Wendell Holmes (1901)
"lunacy. — The authority of an agent may be revoked by the lunacy of the principal ;
but the better opinion would seem to be, that the fact of the existence ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery During by Thomas Jodrell Phillips, Great Britain Court of Chancery, John Singleton Copley Lyndhurst, Charles Christopher Pepys Cottenham (1847)
"... that is to say: — L THAT every Report, made by either of the Masters Reports
of m lunacy as to the lunacy ot any person, in pursuance lunacy as to , , . ..."
3. The American Journal of Insanity by New York (State). State Lunatic Asylum (1905)
"The Scotch lunacy System was formulated in the lunacy Act of 1857, ... For the
purpose of pauper lunacy administration, Scotland is divided into ..."
4. The Australian Digest by Great Britain Privy Council. Judicial Committee (1900)
"134 and 135 of the lunacy Act, 1890, for the appointment of a committee of the
... Held, that the Master-in-lunacy was entitled to be paid by the trustees a ..."
5. A Digest of the Laws of England by John Comyns, Anthony Hammond (1822)
"The lord chancellor will not even for creditors make an order in lunacy, ...
The lord chancellor cannot upon a petition in lunacy order part of the ..."
6. A Practical Treatise on the Law Concerning Lunatics, Idiots, and Persons of by Leonard Shelford (1833)
"SUMMARY OF THE PRACTICE IN lunacy. PETITIONS in lunacy must be left at the office
of the secretary of lunatics in Southampton Buildings, and must be served ..."
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