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# lunacy

noun (lunacies)

«lunacy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Lunacy is great foolishness or madness, an act that makes no sense. (Old-fashioned word for madness.) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lunacy/#m1)

### In the lessons

in old tales a wild or mad act, said as a complaint

### Examples

- It was sheer lunacy to climb the cliff in the storm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lunacy/#x1)
- His plan was pure lunacy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lunacy/#x2)
- «Lunacy!» shouted the angry man. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lunacy/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lunacy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lunacy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lunacy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lunacy.html) on Mova free.