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lunatic

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈluːnətɪk/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted acilntuStarts with LEnds with C0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon

Word origin

From Middle English lunatik, from Old French lunatique, from Late Latin lunaticus (“moonstruck”), derived from Latin luna (“moon”), the connection stemming from the belief that changes of the moon caused intermittent insanity.

Used in a sentence

  • While there are other races (or individuals—heaven forgive me, I am no ethnologist) who think you a criminal or a lunatic unless you carefully plod along from step to step like a hippopotamus out of water.
  • You may be right I may be crazy Oh, but it just may be a lunatic you're looking for
  • As the narrator turns his attention to the moon itself and its Lunatic inhabitants, Heinsius seems to draw on the True History, but is still within the confines of the Icaromenippus.

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