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Lunacy :: Lunacy (n.) Insanity or madness; properly, the kind of insanity which is broken by intervals of reason, -- formerly supposed to be influenced by the changes of the moon; any form of unsoundness of mind, except idiocy; mental derangement or alienation..

Hydrophobia :: Hydrophobia (n.) An abnormal dread of water, said to be a symptom of canine madness; hence:.

Lucid :: Lucid (n.) Bright with the radiance of intellect; not darkened or confused by delirium or madness; marked by the regular operations of reason; as, a lucid interval..

Worm :: Worm (n.) To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of, as a dog, for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw. The operation was formerly supposed to guard against canine madness..

Hydrophobia :: Hydrophobia (n.) The disease caused by a bite form, or inoculation with the saliva of, a rabid creature, of which the chief symptoms are, a sense of dryness and construction in the throat, causing difficulty in deglutition, and a marked heightening of reflex excitability, producing convulsions whenever the patient attempts to swallow, or is disturbed in any way, as by the sight or sound of water; rabies; canine madness..

Mad :: Mad (superl.) Proceeding from, or indicating, madness; expressing distraction; prompted by infatuation, fury, or extreme rashness..

Demonomania :: Demonomania (n.) A form of madness in which the patient conceives himself possessed of devils.

Dementation :: Dementation (n.) The act of depriving of reason; madness.

Rave :: Rave (v. t.) To utter in madness or frenzy; to say wildly; as, to rave nonsense..

Delirium :: Delirium (n.) A state in which the thoughts, expressions, and actions are wild, irregular, and incoherent; mental aberration; a roving or wandering of the mind, -- usually dependent on a fever or some other disease, and so distinguished from mania, or madness..

Passion :: Passion (n.) Disorder of the mind; madness.

Maniacal :: Maniacal (a.) Affected with, or characterized by, madness; maniac..

Intoxicate :: Intoxicate (v. t.) To excite to a transport of enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness; to elate unduly or excessively..

Madding :: Madding (a.) Affected with madness; raging; furious.

Maniac :: Maniac (a.) Raving with madness; raging with disordered intellect; affected with mania; mad.

Height :: Height (n.) Utmost degree in extent; extreme limit of energy or condition; as, the height of a fever, of passion, of madness, of folly; the height of a tempest..

Insaneness :: Insaneness (n.) Insanity; madness.

Mania :: Mania (n.) Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity. Cf. Delirium.

Possession :: Possession (n.) The state of being possessed or controlled, as by an evil spirit, or violent passions; madness; frenzy; as, demoniacal possession..

Amazement :: Amazement (n.) Frenzy; madness.

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