Synonyms:
lunatic, moonstruck
Meaning: insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon
Usage examples
"You'll be wanting a lunatic asylum next.
A lunatic escaped from a madhouse could not have been more foolish.
Where have you taken him?" the lunatic cried in a heartrending voice.
Then, you know, they clapped 'em away in what they called a lunatic asylum."
"This person is evidently crazy; so take him to the lunatic asylum and keep him there."
"You are an old lunatic," said a young man who had been refused a benefice through Vincent's agency.
'I don't understand about that blue paper,' said Mrs Biddle. 'It looks to me like the work of a lunatic.
"If it had not been for Lydia, your father would not have left his home for a lunatic asylum, nor would Clear have been murdered."
Hans and his comrades, seated upon loose lava rocks, looked at him with as much wonder as they knew how to express, and perhaps taking him for an escaped lunatic.
"You told me about the lunatic lady, because, I suppose, you could not help it--since you were caught in the act--but you said nothing about a lunatic gentleman." He wagged his finger portentously.