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What word comes from the belief that people acted insane depending on the phases of the moon?
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Lunatic, one who has gone crazy from staring too long at the Moon, from the Latin "Luna" for Moon.
Related word; "lunacy", insanity.
Also related; the Britishism "barking mad", from dogs who bark at the Moon.
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