lunacy
pronunciation
How to pronounce lunacy in British English:
UK [ˈlu:nəsi]
How to pronounce lunacy in American English:
US [ˈlunəsi]
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- Noun:
- obsolete terms for legal insanity
- foolish or senseless behavior
Word Origin
- lunacy (n.)
- 1540s, "condition of being a lunatic," formed in English from lunatic + -cy. Originally in reference to intermittent periods of insanity, such as were believed to be triggered by the moon's cycle. The Old English equivalent was monaðseocnes "month-sickness."
Example
- 1. Odd laws : legal lunacy from around the world .
- 2. L have put up with enough of this lunacy .
- 3. It 's sheer lunacy driving in this weather .
- 4. There 's a branch of mathematics that is based on lunacy , and that 's wonderful .
- 5. It is true that some of the site 's commentators are vicious , shrill and sanctimonious ; their posts can be cherry-picked and broadcast as evidence of left-wing lunacy .