lunate, lunated

[Lat. lunatus =crescent-shaped; luna the moon; Ital. luna to; Sp. luna do. Formed or shaped like a half-moon; crescent-shaped. "A sort of cro , which our heralds do not dream of; which is a cro lunated after this manner."-Brown: Travels (1685), p. 54. lunated broad-bill, s. Ornith .: Serilophus lunatus . [EURYLAIMINE.] lu-na-tic, *lu-na-tik, *lû'-na-tick, *lun-atyke, a. . [Fr. lunatique , from Lat. lunatic us = affected by the moon, which was supposed to cause insanity, insane, from lunatus =moon-like; luna = the moon; Sp., Port., & Ital. lunatico .] A. As adjective : 1. Affected with lunacy; mad, insane. +2. Exhibiting or characterized by madne or insanity. 3. Intended for the reception of lunatics; as, a lunatic asylum. B. As subst .: An insane person; one who is af fected with lunacy.