lunatico

See also: lunático

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lūnāticus.

Adjective

lunatico (feminine lunatica, masculine plural lunatici, feminine plural lunatiche)

1. quirky, temperamental and unstable
2. lunar

Related terms

• lunaticità

Noun

lunatico m (plural lunatici, feminine lunatica)

1. a quirky or temperamental person

Usage notes

• This false friend no longer means lunatic.

Further reading

• lunatico in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• inculato

Latin

Adjective

lūnāticō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of lūnāticus