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lunatique — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • fickle adj Changing opinions, loyalties, or feelings often and without warning.
  • lunatic noun A person regarded as insane or wildly irrational (now considered old-fashioned and offensive as a clinical term).
  • mercurial adjective Liable to sudden and unpredictable changes of mood or behaviour.
  • moody adj Prone to sudden changes in emotional state; temperamental.
  • whimsical adj Playfully unusual, quaint, or fanciful, especially in a light-hearted way.

Senses

lunatique is used for these senses in English:

  • fickle Quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable.
  • lunatic Crazed, mad, insane, demented.
  • lunatic An insane person.
  • mercurial (comparable) Having a lively or volatile character; animated, changeable, quick-witted. [from 17th c.]
  • moody Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental.
  • moonstruck (archaic) Of a person: perverted or insane, originally supposedly due to the influence of the Moon; compare lunatic.
  • whimsical Given to whimsy.

lunatic — full definition

  1. noun A person regarded as insane or wildly irrational (now considered old-fashioned and offensive as a clinical term).
  2. adj Crazy, reckless, or completely irrational.

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