lunacy

Definitions


[ˈluːnəsi], (Noun)

Definitions:
- extremely foolish, eccentric, or irrational behaviour; extreme folly or eccentricity
(e.g: such an economic policy would be sheer lunacy)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (originally referring to insanity of an intermittent kind attributed to changes of the moon): from lunatic + -acy




definition by Oxford Dictionaries