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Where does the word lunatic come from?
People once believed that madness was affected by the phases of the moon. A lunatic was thus someone afficted with "moon madness"
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What does lunatic have to do with the moon?
Is was thought that the Moon affected insane people, which is why the word Lunatic contains Luna which refers to the moon. It used to be believed (and some people still do b…elieve) that moonlight could cause insanity in people; these people were cursed to go crazy when the full moon came out. Nowadays this idea has been completely disproved by science. (MORE)
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What is the origin of lunatic?
The word "lunatic" comes from the Latin "luna" meaning moon. This derives from the former belief that changes of the moon caused insanity.
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How can you use the word lunatic in a sentence?
(adjective) His brother tried several lunatic schemes that he thought would make him rich. (noun) Someone considered mad, or a lunatic, may be confined to a mental asylum.
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How would you use the word lunatic in a sentence?
A lunatic is a crazy person. Here are some sentences. .
People used to be locked up in lunatic asylums. .
He is acting like a lunatic. .
"The lunatic is in the hall." (fr…om Pink Floyd's "Brain Damage") (MORE)
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What does the word lunatic have to do with the moon?
The superstitious belief (related to astrology) was that the Moon, like other heavenly bodies, affected the behavior of people on Earth. The modern version of this is the obse…rvation that "when the moon is full, all the crazies come out." Primitive and not-so-primitive cultures believed that the Moon had a direct effect on people's actions. The word lunatic comes from the Latin luna , and literally means "controlled by the moon." Although irrational actions were no more likely during a full moon than at any other time of the month, the superstition remained. dirives from the word lunaticas meaning "of the moon " or moonstruck (MORE)
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What does the quote The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum mean?
when someone is in a dreary and sad place (like an asylum) they are most likely to have hope. If they are free and have many things that they take for grante…d, then they won't worry about hope and optimism and just leave life alone. Assuming that the lunatics are incapable of logical thought they would be happy because they know nothing better. It is the same as the saying "Ignorance is bliss." (MORE)
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How long is one lunation?
It is a period of time from one new moon to the next, about 29.5 days