Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Crazy; lunatic.

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Examples

  • According to ODonoghue, our Saxon forefathers found on the Roman Ridgeway a half-naked creaturea clovewort attached by a red thread to his neck [clovewort was believed to cure madness] and they gave the moon-sick a good swingeing [whipping] with a whip of porpoise hide!

    Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008

  • One account tells of a poor, moon-sick individual found wandering the Roman Ridgeway, half naked, a clovewort tied round his neck by a red thread the plant was believed to cure madness.

    Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008

  • According to ODonoghue, our Saxon forefathers found on the Roman Ridgeway a half-naked creaturea clovewort attached by a red thread to his neck [clovewort was believed to cure madness] and they gave the moon-sick a good swingeing [whipping] with a whip of porpoise hide!

    Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008

  • One account tells of a poor, moon-sick individual found wandering the Roman Ridgeway, half naked, a clovewort tied round his neck by a red thread the plant was believed to cure madness.

    Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008

  • According to ODonoghue, our Saxon forefathers found on the Roman Ridgeway a half-naked creaturea clovewort attached by a red thread to his neck [clovewort was believed to cure madness] and they gave the moon-sick a good swingeing [whipping] with a whip of porpoise hide!

    Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008

  • One account tells of a poor, moon-sick individual found wandering the Roman Ridgeway, half naked, a clovewort tied round his neck by a red thread the plant was believed to cure madness.

    Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008

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