Lunacies

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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