lunatic

noun

A person who is affected by lunacy; a mentally deranged person.

noun

A very foolish person.

adjective

Affected by lunacy; mentally deranged.

adjective

Of or for people who are mentally deranged.

adjective

Wildly or giddily foolish.

Moonstruck; affected by lunacy; periodically insane, with lucid intervals; crazy.

Indicating lunacy; in the nature of lunacy.

Of or like the moon.

noun

A person affected with lunacy; specifically, an insane person who has lucid intervals, or one whose unsoundness of mind is acquired, not congenital, as distinguished from an idiot.

noun

More generally (and in law), any person of unsound mind. See further under lunacy and insanity.