lunatic

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

An insane person.

Adj

1. Crazed, mad, insane, demented.
2. (literary, rare) Relating to the Moon; lunar.
3. (literary, rare) Influenced or affected by the Moon.

Sinonieme

madman

insane

maniac

crazy

mad

fool

idiot

loony

demented

insane person

moonstruck

bedlamite

swashbuckler

nuts

silly

freak

harum-scarum

hothead

madcap

imbecile

daredevil

crazy person

nut

nutty

of unsound mind

person

🧑‍🦱

psycho

psychopath

senseless

simpleton

stark staring mad

stupid

unbalanced

wacky

wild

meshuggener

cracky

mad as a March hare

psychopathic personality

barking mad

one card shy of a full deck

ga-ga

crazy as a loon

aberrant

off one's trolley

abnormal

absurd

barking

barmy

batty

Vertalings

loco

gek

fou

demente

lunático

krankzinnige

aliéné

pazzo

louco

llunàtic

bezetene

Verrückter

wahnsinnig

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈluːnətɪk/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: lunatik

In summary

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.