Lunatic and Madness

Lunatic

Lunatic noun - A person judged to be legally or medically insane.

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Madness and lunatic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Madness" instead a noun "Lunatic".

Nearby Words: lunacy, luna

Madness noun - A serious mental disorder that prevents one from living a safe and normal life.

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Lunatic and madness are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lunatic" instead a noun "Madness".

Nearby Word: mad

complete	complete lunatic	complete madness
utter	utter lunatic	utter madness
total	total lunatic	total madness
violent	violent lunatic	violent madness
Other adjectives: absolute, bloodthirsty, murderous, random, obsessed, psychotic, paranoid, stereotypical, gibbering.

Say, did you happen to know that "luna" is the root word for "lunatic", due to an ancient superstition about the moon causing madness?

Source: Meaningful Name / Literature
In In the Mouth of Madness, a lunatic crashes through a cafe window with an axe in an attempt to kill Sam Neill's character.

Source: Dangerous Windows

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