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Re: Unidentified subject!
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- Subject: Re: Unidentified subject!
- From: Sharkkb8@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 01:51:09 EDT
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This William-Safire-wanna-be offers Merriam Webster's opinion:
lu*na*tic
[Middle English lunatik, from Old French or Late Latin; Old French lunatique,
from Late Latin lunaticus, from Latin luna; from the belief that lunacy
fluctuated with the phases of the moon] First appeared 14th Century
1 a : affected with lunacy : INSANE
b : designed for the care of insane persons <~ asylum>
2 : wildly foolish
3: a late 20th century meteorite enthusiast who has been able
to obtain a specimen of moonrock.