" lucent lucid Lucifer luciferase luciferous lucifugous lucubrate lucubration luculent lumen Luminal luminary luminate luminescence luminous luna lunacy lunar Lunarian lunate lunation lunatic lune lunette luni- luster lustrum lux pellucid sublunary translucent. It forms all or part of: allumette elucidate illumination illustration lea leukemia leuko- light (n.) "brightness, radiant energy " lightning limn link (n.2) "torch of pitch, tow, etc. Proto-Indo-European root meaning "light, brightness." Lunatic soup (1918) was slang for "alcoholic drink" or several different alcoholic drinks drunk together. Then, among the wise and high-minded people who in self-respecting and genuine fashion strive earnestly for peace, there are foolish fanatics always to be found in such a movement and always discrediting it - the men who form the lunatic fringe in all reform movements.Įarlier it was a term for a type of hairstyle worn over the forehead (1877). Compare also New Testament Greek selēniazomai "be epileptic," from selēnē "moon." Lunatic fringe (1913) was popularized and apparently coined by U.S. "Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 11, No.Late 13c., "affected with periodic insanity dependent on the changes of the moon," from Old French lunatique "insane," or directly from Late Latin lunaticus "moon-struck," from Latin luna "moon" (see luna).Ĭompare Old English monseoc "lunatic," literally "moon-sick " Middle High German lune "humor, temper, mood, whim, fancy" (German Laune), from Latin luna. I cannot even make a living for myself, lunatic! There are at present three poets, one lunatic, an epileptic, four workingmen and a scientist from Vienna, and two school teachers. "Blacksheep! Blacksheep!" by Meredith Nicholson Heart o' Dreams Camp is in danger as long as that lunatic runs loose. "The Woman in Black" by Edmund Clerihew Bentley Ballantyneīut who can sound the abysses of a lunatic's fancy? "The Ape, the Idiot & Other People" by W. The porter believed that a lunatic stood before him. "Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, January 18, 1890" by Various The fellow is a lunatic his plan will never do! Moreover, he was well aware that Norwood was the asylum to which the more dangerous of lunatics were transferred. "The Ocean Cat's Paw" by George Manville Fenn Would any one but a lunatic go risking his crew and his vessel like that?
Like being trapped in an elevator with half-soused lunatics.
The US House passed a bill Wednesday to do away with the word "lunatic" in federal law with a sole congressman voting against the measure, insisting in Washington the word still has an application. Įmail shows White House official called Fox News host a " lunatic ". Ĭoncerts announced Monday include Steve Winwood, Merle Haggard, Lunatic Luau. Definitions on the go Look up any word in the dictionary offline, anytime, anywhere with the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app. Įlliot Street Lunatic released their sophomore album, Ghost Town Lullabies in late January. lunacy noun /lunsi/ uncountable behavior that is stupid or crazy synonym madness It's sheer lunacy to drive in this weather. SEC Uncovers New Lunatic or Is That Lunar-tic Fringe on Wall Street. 'True Blood' Recap: The Lunatic Takes Over the Asylum. Scott McNutt's Snark Bites: State aims to tout lunatic fringe in extreme political tourism effort. ' Lunatic farmer' and author Joel Salatin comes to Kalamazoo. Savile was 'a lunatic in charge of the asylum'. "The lunatics have taken over the asylum.".
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