lunatic

• adj. 狂った; 狂った; 愚かな
• n.精神異常者

月の満ち欠けが一時的な神経障害を引き起こすという古代西洋医学の信念から、ムーン?エフェクトとも呼ばれるが、今日に至るまで医学界ではこの現象について議論が続いており、結論は出ていない。

lunatic (adj.)

late 13c., "affected with periodic insanity, dependent on the changes of the moon," from Old French lunatique, lunage "insane," or directly from Late Latin lunaticus "moon-struck," from Latin luna "moon" (see Luna). Compare Old English monseoc "lunatic," literally "moon-sick;" Middle High German lune "humor, temper, mood, whim, fancy" (German Laune), from Latin luna. Compare also New Testament Greek seleniazomai "be epileptic," from selene "moon." Lunatic fringe (1913) apparently was coined by U.S. politician Theodore Roosevelt.

Then, among the wise and high-minded people who in self-respecting and genuine fashion strive earnestly for peace, there are foolish fanatics always to be found in such a movement and always discrediting it -- the men who form the lunatic fringe in all reform movements. [Theodore Roosevelt, autobiography, 1913].

Earlier it was a term for a type of hairstyle worn over the forehead (1877). Lunatic soup (1933) was Australian slang for "alcoholic drink."

lunatic (n.)

"lunatic person," late 14c., from lunatic (adj.).

1. The word " lunatic "was coined to describe people who went mad at the full moon.

lunatic は、満月の時に気が狂った人を形容する造語です。This murderous lunatic could kill them both without a second thought.

この殺人鬼は考えずに彼ら2人を殺すだろう。

3.Malcolm looked at her as if she were a raving lunatic .

マルコムは彼女が精神錯乱の狂人を見ているように見えた。

4.The official dismissed the speech as the ramblings of a desperate lunatic .

その役人は演説を狂人の絶望の中のでたらめだと非難して無視した。

5.He pleads for sanity in a lunatic world.

彼はこの混乱した世界でも頭脳を清らかに保つことを祈っている。