Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - lunacy
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Lunacy
lunacy
noun (plural -cies) Etymology: lunatic Date: 1541 1. a. insanity b. intermittent insanity once believed to be related to phases of the moon 2. wild foolishness ; extravagant folly 3. a foolish act
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n. (pl. -ies) 1 insanity (orig. of the intermittent kind attributed to changes of the moon); the state of being a lunatic. 2 Law such mental unsoundness as interferes with civil rights or transactions. 3 great folly or eccentricity; a foolish act. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1. мед. психоз, помешательство 2. юр. невменяемость 3. уст. сомнамбулизм 4. разг. глупый поступок, большая глупость it's sheer lunacy! —- это просто безумие! ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
3.
noun 1) безумие; (умо)помешательство; психоз 2) leg. невменяемость 3) большая глупость, глупый поступок ...Англо-русский словарь
4.
1. If you describe someone’s behaviour as lunacy, you mean that it seems very strange or foolish. ...the lunacy of the tax system... It remains lunacy to produce yet more coal to add to power stations’ stockpiles. N-UNCOUNT c darkgreen]disapproval 2. Lunacy is severe mental illness. (OLD-FASHIONED) N-UNCOUNT LUNAR Lunar means relating to the moon. The vast volcanic slope was eerily reminiscent of a lunar landscape. ...a magazine article celebrating the anniversary of man’s first lunar landing. ADJ: ADJ n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
5.
~ n 1 a situation or behaviour that is completely crazy (complete/sheer/pure lunacy) (It would be sheer lunacy to turn down an offer like that.) 2 old-fashioned mental illness (the cause of Hamlet's lunacy) (- see also lunatic) lunar ~ adj connected with the moon or with travel to the moon (a lunar eclipse) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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