lunacy

incontável

A noun referring to an outdated term for legal insanity, or more commonly, to foolish or senseless behavior.

ruСуществительное, обозначающее устаревший термин для юридического безумия или, чаще, глупое или бессмысленное поведение.esSustantivo que designa un término anticuado para referirse a la locura legal o, más frecuentemente, a un comportamiento tonto o sin sentido.frNom désignant un terme désuet pour la folie au sens juridique ou, plus couramment, un comportement stupide, déraisonnable ou absurde.deVeralteter juristischer Begriff für Unzurechnungsfähigkeit oder Wahnsinn; heute meist übertragen für dummes, unsinniges oder tollkühnes Verhalten.ptSubstantivo que designa um termo jurídico arcaico para insanidade mental ou, mais comumente, comportamento tolo ou sem sentido.zh名词，指法律上已过时的“精神失常”概念，现多指愚蠢、荒唐或毫无意义的行为。arاسم يشير في الأصل إلى مصطلح قانوني قديم يعني الجنون أو فقدان العقل، ويُستعمل غالبًا للدلالة على السلوك الأحمق أو اللامعقول أو العبثي.

1. Legal Insanity (Obsolete) C2 formal

   An outdated legal term for a state of mental illness that renders a person unable to manage their own affairs or be held responsible for their actions.

   • In the 19th century, a commission was appointed to inquire into the state of his lunacy.
   • The old law used the term 'lunacy' to describe what is now called legal insanity.
   • Historical records show that she was confined due to lunacy.

   ruНедееспособность (устар.)esEnajenación mental (término legal obsoleto)frInsanité légale (obsolète)deUnzurechnungsfähigkeit (veraltet)ptInsanidade legal (obsoleto)zh法律上的精神失常（过时）arعدم الأهلية القانونية (مصطلح مهجور)

   Sinônimos: derangementinsanitymadness

2. Foolish or Senseless Behavior B2 informal

   Extremely foolish, irrational, or reckless actions that defy common sense.

   • It would be sheer lunacy to drive in this blizzard.
   • The decision to invest all their savings in that risky scheme was pure lunacy.
   • Only lunacy could explain why he jumped off the roof into the pool.

   ruБезумиеesLocura / InsensatezfrFolie (au sens de comportement insensé)deWahnsinnptLoucurazh疯狂行为arالجنون

   Sinônimos: absurditycrazinessfollyfoolishnessidiocyinsanityirrationalitymadnessnonsensestupidity

   Antônimos: judgmentprudencerationalityreasonsanitysensewisdom

• lunacies plural form
• lunacies' possessive plural form
• lunacy's possessive singular form