Lunatic: alternatives and connections

Exhibiting unsoundness or disorded of mind; not sane; mad; deranged in mind; delirious; distracted. See Insanity, 2.

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Exhibiting unsoundness or disorded of mind; not sane; mad; deranged in mind; delirious; distracted. See Insanity, 2.

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One who adventures; as, the merchant adventurers; one who seeks his fortune in new and hazardous or perilous enterprises.

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One who suffers; one who endures or undergoes suffering; one who sustains inconvenience or loss; as, sufferers by poverty or sickness; men are suffer…

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One who ventures, or puts to hazard; an adventurer.

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An inhabitant of a madhouse; a madman.

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Characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe.

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See Luny.

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A man who is mad; lunatic; a crazy person.

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Insanity or madness; properly, the kind of insanity which is broken by intervals of reason, -- formerly supposed to be influenced by the changes of t…

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Insanity or madness; properly, the kind of insanity which is broken by intervals of reason, -- formerly supposed to be influenced by the changes of t…

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The condition of being mad; insanity; lunacy.

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The condition of being mad; insanity; lunacy.

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Wild; giddy; flighty; rash; thoughtless.

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Inclined to wild sports; delighting in rash, absurd, or dangerous amusements.

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Raving with madness; raging with disordered intellect; affected with mania; mad.

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Mentally affected or deranged by the supposed influence of the moon; lunatic.

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A bully or braggadocio; a swaggering, boastful fellow; a swaggerer.

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