Lunatic

Lunatic

"Lunatic" is an informal term referring to people who are considered mentally ill, dangerous, foolish or unpredictable; conditions once called lunacy. The term may be considered insulting in serious contexts, though is sometimes used in friendly jest. The word derives from lunaticus meaning "of the moon" or "moonstruck".

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Famous quotes containing the word lunatic:

    “Those comfortably padded lunatic asylums which are known, euphemistically, as the stately homes of England.”
    —Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)

    “The lunatic fringe wags the underdog.”
    —H.L. (Henry Lewis)

    “... most reform movements in our country have been cursed by a lunatic fringe and have mingled sound ideas for social progress with utopian nonsense.”
    —Agnes E. Meyer (1887–1970)