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Meanings of lunacy in English

Portuguese
idiotice
Catalan
bestiesa

Foolish or senseless behavior.

        idiotice
        Portuguese
        vesânia
        Catalan
        fúria
        Spanish
        furia

        Obsolete terms for legal insanity.

              vesânia
              Usage of lunacy in English
              1
              Who in their right minds would voluntarily subject themselves to this lunacy?
              The Irish Times
              2
              But to actually go ahead and do it is, well, utter lunacy.
              The South African
              3
              The mere thinker often ends by hovering on the confines of lunacy.
              The Wings of Icarus: Being the Life of one Emilia Fletcher
              4
              She had her vision of Sir Lukin in his fit of lunacy.
              Diana of the Crossways — Volume 3
              5
              He had never definitely aimed at becoming a famous specialist in lunacy.
              Flames
              6
              We are living in a golden age for both genius and lunacy.
              News.com.au
              7
              Thus the conviction of religion's inherent lunacy in which I was cradled.
              Kalooki Nights
              8
              Suddenly I had a feeling that the whole affair was stark lunacy.
              Greenmantle
              9
              In his lunacy he declared he hated Mary and loved Miss Edwards.
              The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete
              10
              There will be no disturbance of the brain, no propensity towards lunacy.
              The Redemption of David Corson
              11
              It was lunacy, stark lunacy, and contagious on top of it all.
              Burning Daylight
              12
              From the first he had been right, though with a magnificent lunacy.
              Septimus
              13
              Dr. Munro since the trial has made -,in affidavit of his lunacy.
              The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3
              14
              To outsiders, these pieces of doomsday pop culture seem like far-fetched lunacy.
              The Guardian
              15
              Not like the congestion and fist-waving lunacy of the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway.
              The last testament
              16
              And everywhere, filling the world like lunacy, that whining, whingeing, cringing buzz.
              Wizard and glass
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              Translations for lunacy
              Spanish
              furia
              Lunacy through the time
              Lunacy across language varieties
              Ireland
              Common
              United Kingdom
              Common
              United States of America
              Less common