A lunatic is someone who is either clinically
insane or just acting really crazy. Someone driving too fast and zigging
in and out of traffic is driving like a lunatic.
The root of this word is luna, which means moon. That's because lunatic
originally meant someone who went crazy with every phase of the moon,
kind of like a werewolf. Most people these days don't believe in
moon-caused insanity, but we still talk about lunatics, sometimes
meaning clinically insane people. More often this is a slang term, used
mainly in exaggerations, for anyone who seems wild and out of control.
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