different between psychopathic vs lunatic

English

Etymology

From psycho- +? -pathic.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?sa?ko??pæ??k/, /?sa?k??pæ??k/

Adjective

psychopathic (comparative more psychopathic, superlative most psychopathic)

1. Exhibiting the behaviors and personality traits of a psychopath.

   A psychopathic killer is on the loose.

   • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience Lecture I:

     [T]he psychopathic temperament, whatever be the intellect with which it finds itself paired, often brings with it ardor and excitability of character.

Translations

Noun

psychopathic (plural psychopathics)

1. (dated) A psychopath.

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)