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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-1523/
- Published: 2024-03-31T17:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-01-29T17:46:19.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-06-28 02:24

The word for today is…

lunatic (noun, adjective)

*noun*  
1 *dated, now offensive* : someone affected with a severely disordered state of mind  
2 *informal* : a person who behaves in a wildly foolish, reckless, or uncontrolled manner

*adjective*  
1a *dated, now offensive* : affected with a severely disordered state of mind  
b *dated, now offensive* : providing care to mentally ill people – a lunatic asylum  
2 *informal* : wildly foolish

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lunatic?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Middle English lunatik, from Anglo-French or Late Latin; Anglo-French lunatic, from Late Latin lunaticus, from Latin luna; from the belief that lunacy fluctuated with the phases of the moon. First known use of both noun and adjective is the 14th century.

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