different between madman vs lunatic

English

Etymology

mad +? -man

Pronunciation

• BrEn / RP [?mædm?n]

Noun

madman (plural madmen)

1. A male who is insane or mentally disturbed.

Usage notes

• Not a medical term.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:mad person

Related terms

• madwoman, madwomen

Translations

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)

1. An insane person.

Synonyms

• moonling
• See also Thesaurus:mad person

Translations

Adjective

lunatic (comparative more lunatic, superlative most lunatic)

1. 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)

1. somnambulist, sleepwalker
2. (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)

1. (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)

1. (rare) having hallucinations
2. (rare) fantastic, unreal, bizarre
3. having unusual or strange ideas and behavior
4. (rare) fearful

Declension

See also

• z?p?cit

Further reading

• lunatic in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)