Off ones rocker, mental midget
another word for lunitic is crazy
(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.
The same word "lunatic" is used as a noun and its associated adjective. The noun actually means a lunatic person, someone who is insane or mentally unsound. The noun for the state, or something similarly mindless, is "lunacy."
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." (from Pink Floyd's "Brain Damage")
Lunatic. (No k)
No. The adjective for lunacy would be Lunatic.
Frantic Frenzied Discomposed Crazed Lunatic
I think you meant lunatic. Another word would be nutter, crazy person, looney. Along those lines. :)
The word "lunatic" comes from the latin word LUNAR which means moon. so lunatic means moon- crazy. but most people just mean crazy
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Luna is the stem word for 'lunatic'. The word is a Latin noun that means 'moon'. The insane were believed to have been affected adversely by the moon.
you can call them a lunatic
lunatic
The noun 'lunatic' is singular, common noun; an antiquated term for an insane person, derived from the belief that a person was driven mad by the changes in the moon. The word 'lunatic' is also an adjective, used to describe a noun (That was a lunatic thing to do.)
(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.
The word "lunatic" comes from the Latin "luna" meaning moon. This derives from the former belief that changes of the moon caused insanity.
People once believed that madness was affected by the phases of the moon. A lunatic was thus someone afficted with "moon madness"
Another word that can be used to mean a person is a nut case or crazy is "lunatic."