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noun, plural -cies.
1.
insanity; mental disorder.
2.
intermittent insanity, formerly believed to be related to phases of the moon.
3.
extreme foolishness or an instance of it: Her decision to resign was sheer lunacy.
4.
Law. unsoundness of mind sufficient to incapacitate one for civil transactions.
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Lunacy
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- It's a bracing combination of wit, invention, common sense and lunacy.
- The first is excellent on the cosmology and physics interface and the second is great at debunking pseudoscience lunacy de jour.
- Extending into the private sector a policy that has been a disaster in the public sector is lunacy.
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Word Origin & History
lunacy
1540s, "condition of being a lunatic," formed in English from lunatic (q.v.). Originally in ref. to intermittent periods of insanity, such as were believed to be triggered by the moon's cycle. The O.E. equivalent was monaðseocnes "month-sickness."
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