[khwām bā] (n) EN: insanity ; madness ; craziness ; mania ; delirium ; mental disorder ; mental illness ; lunacy FR: folie [ f ] ; démence [ f ] ; aliénation [ f ] ; délire [ m ] ; déséquilibre mental [ m ] ; déglingue [ f ] (fam.)

CMU English Pronouncing Dictionary Dictionary [with local updates]CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

lunacy

/L UW1 N AH0 S IY0//ลู้ เหนอะ สี่//lˈuːnəsiː/

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary

lunacy

(n)/lˈuːnəsiː//ลู้ เหนอะ สี่//l uu1 n @ s ii/

WordNet (3.0)WordNet (3.0)

lunacy

(n)obsolete terms for legal insanity, Syn.madness, insaneness

folly

(n)foolish or senseless behavior, Syn.lunacy, foolery, tomfoolery, indulgence, craziness

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Lunacy

n.; pl. Lunacies [ See Lunatic. ] 1. 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. Brande. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

Your kindred shuns your house
As beaten hence by your strange lunacy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A morbid suspension of good sense or judgment, as through fanaticism. Dr. H. More.

Syn. -- Derangement; craziness; mania. See Insanity. [ 1913 Webster ]

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING DictionaryDING DE-EN Dictionary

Aberwitz { m }

(a piece of) lunacy[Add to Longdo]

Irrsinn { m }

lunacy[Add to Longdo]

Wahnsinn { m }

lunacy[Add to Longdo]

Wahnwitz { m }

folly; lunacy[Add to Longdo]