Lunacy \Lu"na*cy\, n.; pl. Lunacies. [See Lunatic.]
   1. Insanity or madness; properly, the kind of insanity which
      is broken by intervals of reason, -- formerly supposed to
      be influenced by the changes of the moon; any form of
      unsoundness of mind, except idiocy; mental derangement or
      alienation. --Brande. --Burrill.
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            Your kindred shuns your house
            As beaten hence by your strange lunacy. --Shak.
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   2. A morbid suspension of good sense or judgment, as through
      fanaticism. --Dr. H. More.

   Syn: Derangement; craziness; mania. See Insanity.
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