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Quotation dates: 1399-1512, 1568-1609
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Lunatik, a. (n.). Also: lunatike, -yk(e, -ic(k, -ique. [ME. (a 1300) and e.m.E. lunatik, -yk(e, -icke, late L. lūnāticus, F. lunatique.]
1. adj. Lunatic, frenzied, mad. Of persons, also of one's intellect.(1) a1400 Legends of the Saints ix. 93.
The kynge of the land … That lunatyk a douchtyre hade a1400 Ib. x. 115.
Thame that ware lunatyke & brayne woude c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 247.
Herretyk, lunatyk, purspyk c1500-c1512 Kennedy c1500-c1512 Ib. 501.
Lunatike c1575 Balfour Pract. 124.
Ane curatour beand gevin be ane judge to a furious or lunatique persoun1609 Skene Reg. Maj. Table 86.
Lunatick men, quhen the furie stayes, may make pactions … with any man(2) 1568 Haddington Corr. 270.
Traitouris, quhais lwnatick branes ar continewalie occupeit with this thair poysoun
2. n. A lunatic, a madman. a1400 Legends of the Saints ix. 97.
[He] prayt hyme … to his dowchtyre the sammyn do That he dyd to the lunatyke Fore thare seknes ware elyke 14.. Acts I. 380/2.
Nane that is out of his wit as lunatik na naturale foyl a1500 Tale of the Colkelbie Sow i. 86.
A noyefull nychtbour, A lunatik, a sismatyk
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