Loon vs. Lunatic

Loonnoun

An idler, a lout.

Lunaticnoun

An insane person.

Loonnoun

A boy, a lad.

Lunaticadjective

Crazed, mad, insane, demented.

Loonnoun

A harlot; mistress.

Lunaticadjective

Affected by lunacy; insane; mad; crazy; demented.

‘Lord, have mercy on my son; for he is lunatic.’;

Loonnoun

A simpleton.

Lunaticadjective

Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, an insane person; evincing lunacy; as, lunatic gibberish; a lunatic asylum.

Loonnoun

(slang) A crazy or deranged person.

Lunaticnoun

A person affected by lunacy; an insane person, esp. one who has lucid intervals; a madman; a person of unsound mind.

‘The lunatic, the lover, and the poet,Are of imagination all compact.’;

Loonnoun

An English soldier of an expeditionary army in Ireland.

Lunaticnoun

an insane person

Loonnoun

Any of various birds, of the order Gaviiformes, of North America and Europe that dive for fish and have a short tail, webbed feet and a yodeling cry.

Lunaticnoun

a reckless impetuous irresponsible person

Loonnoun

A sorry fellow; a worthless person; a rogue.

Lunaticadjective

insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon

Loonnoun

Any one of several aquatic, wed-footed, northern birds of the genus Urinator (formerly Colymbus), noted for their expertness in diving and swimming under water. The common loon, or great northern diver (Urinator imber, or Colymbus torquatus), and the red-throated loon or diver (Urinator septentrionalis), are the best known species. See Diver.

Lunaticnoun

a person who is mentally ill (not in technical use).

Loonnoun

a worthless lazy fellow

Lunaticnoun

an extremely foolish or eccentric person

‘this lunatic just accelerated out from the side of the road’;

Loonnoun

large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back; related to the grebes

Lunaticadjective

mentally ill (not in technical use)

‘a ward of lunatic old ladies’;

Loonnoun

a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought

Lunaticadjective

extremely foolish or eccentric

‘he would be asked to acquiesce in some lunatic scheme’;

Loonnoun

a silly or foolish person

‘if only she weren't such a lovesick loon’;

Lunatic

Lunatic is an antiquated term referring to a person who is seen as mentally ill, dangerous, foolish, or crazy—conditions once attributed to . The word derives from lunaticus meaning or .

‘lunacy’; ‘of the moon’; ‘moonstruck’;

Loonnoun

a large diving waterbird with a sleek black or grey head, a straight pointed bill, and short legs set far back under the body; a diver.

Loonverb

act in a foolish or desultory way

‘he decided to loon around London’;

Loon

Loons (North America) or divers (United Kingdom / Ireland) are a group of aquatic birds found in many parts of North America and northern Eurasia. All living species of loons are members of the genus Gavia, family Gaviidae and order Gaviiformes .