Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Crazy; lunatic.
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Examples
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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
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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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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
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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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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
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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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