different between lunatic vs moonling
lunatic
English
Alternative forms
- lunatick (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English lunatik, from Old French lunatique, from Late Latin lunaticus (“moonstruck”), derived from Latin luna (“moon”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lu?n?t?k/
Noun
lunatic (plural lunatics)
- An insane person.
Synonyms
- moonling
- See also Thesaurus:mad person
Translations
Adjective
lunatic (comparative more lunatic, superlative most lunatic)
- Crazed, mad, insane, demented.
Synonyms
- crazed, insane, mad, demented, maniacal, psychotic, crazed; see also Thesaurus:insane
Translations
Anagrams
- cut nail, tunical
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lu?na.tik/
Etymology 1
From Latin l?n?ticus, equivalent to lun? +? -atic.
Alternative forms
- lunatec
Noun
lunatic m (plural lunatici)
- somnambulist, sleepwalker
- (rare) dullard, fool, scatterbrain
Declension
Synonyms
- (sleepwalker): somnambul, somnambulist, noctambul
- (fool): prost?nac, cretin
Adjective
lunatic m or n (feminine singular lunatic?, masculine plural lunatici, feminine and neuter plural lunatice)
- (popular, rare) born in the same month as another
Declension
Related terms
- lun?
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French lunatique, Italian lunatico.
Adjective
lunatic m or n (feminine singular lunatic?, masculine plural lunatici, feminine and neuter plural lunatice)
- (rare) having hallucinations
- (rare) fantastic, unreal, bizarre
- having unusual or strange ideas and behavior
- (rare) fearful
Declension
See also
- z?p?cit
Further reading
- lunatic in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
lunatic From the web:
- what lunatic means
- what lunatics character are you
- what lunatic do i look like
- what's lunatic fringe
- what lunatic am i
- what lunatic asylum
- what is meant by lunatic asylum
- what's lunatic in french
moonling
English
Etymology
moon +? -ling. Compare moon-related origins of lunacy and lunatic.
Noun
moonling (plural moonlings)
- (obsolete) A simpleton; a lunatic.
moonling From the web:
- what does moonlight mean
- what does moonlight represent
- what is to moonlight
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