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Lunatic : \Lu"na*tic\, n.
A person affected by lunacy; an insane person, esp. one who
has lucid intervals; a madman; a person of unsound mind.
The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, Are of
imagination all compact. --Shak.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Lunatic : \Lu"na*tic\, a. [F. lunatique, L. lunaticus, fr. luna
the moon. See Lunar.]
1. Affected by lunacy; insane; mad.
Lord, have mercy on my son; for he is lunatic.
--Wyclif
(Matt. xvii.
15).
2. Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, an insane person;
evincing lunacy; as, lunatic gibberish; a lunatic asylum.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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LUNATIC, persons. One who has had an understanding, but who, by disease,
grief, or other accident, has lost the use of his reason. ALunatic : is
properly one who has had lucid intervals, sometimes enjoying his senses, and
sometimes not. 4 Co. 123; 1 Bl. Com. 304; Bac. Abr. Idiots, &c., A; 1 Russ.
on Crimes, 8; Shelf. on Lun. 4; Merlin, mot Demence; Fonb. Eq. Index, h.t.;
15 Vin. Ab. 131; 8 Com. Dig. 721; 1 Supp. to Ves. jr. 94, 130, 369, 404;
2 Supp. to Ves. jr. 51, 106, 151, 360; 1 Vern. 9, 137, 262; Louis. Code,
tit. 9, c. 1; and articles Lucid Interval; Lunacy.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Lunatic : probably the same as epileptic, the symptoms of which disease
were supposed to be more aggravated as the moon increased. In
Matt. 4:24 "lunatics" are distinguished from demoniacs. In 17:15
the name "lunatic" is applied to one who is declared to have
been possessed. (See DAEMONIAC.)
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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