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lunacy

noun

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Pronunciation: /ˈluː.nə.si/ / /ˈljuː.nə.si/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English lunatic English -cy English lunacy From lunatic + -cy.

  1. The state of being mad, insanity
  2. The state of being mad, insanity
  3. Something deeply misguided.

    Two days have passed since that day of lunacy. What a noise and a fuss and a chattering and an uproar there was! And what a welter of unseemliness and disorder and stupidity and bad manners! And I the cause of it all! Yet part of the scene was also ridiculous—at all events to myself it was so.