Lunatic soup (1918) was slang for "alcoholic drink" or several different alcoholic drinks drunk together.
#DEFINITION OF LUNACY FULL#
Then, among the wise and high-minded people who in self-respecting and genuine fashion strive earnestly for peace, there are foolish fanatics always to be found in such a movement and always discrediting it - the men who form the lunatic fringe in all reform movements.Įarlier it was a term for a type of hairstyle worn over the forehead (1877). Synonyms: craziness, folly, foolery, indulgence, tomfoolery. Full moons, in particular, became associated with mental instability and danger, hence the terms lunacy and lunatic, and to this day, people still believe there are higher rates of emergency. Originally one with lucid intervals later, in legal use, a general term for a person of unsound mind.
Compare also New Testament Greek selēniazomai "be epileptic," from selēnē "moon." Lunatic fringe (1913) was popularized and apparently coined by U.S. lunatic (n.) 'lunatic person,' late 14c., from lunatic (adj.). Wildly or giddily foolish: a lunatic decision. Of or for people who are mentally deranged. intermittent insanity, formerly believed to be related to phases of the moon. Late 13c., "affected with periodic insanity dependent on the changes of the moon," from Old French lunatique "insane," or directly from Late Latin lunaticus "moon-struck," from Latin luna "moon" (see luna).Ĭompare Old English monseoc "lunatic," literally "moon-sick " Middle High German lune "humor, temper, mood, whim, fancy" (German Laune), from Latin luna. A person who is affected by lunacy a mentally deranged person.
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