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+ ==Etymology==
+ Recorded from the late 13th century.^(Etymonline) From [[enm|lunatik]],^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate) [[bor|fro|lunatique]],^(AHD)^(Etymonline) [[der|la-lat|lūnāticus|t=moonstruck]],^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) [[der|la|lūna|t=moon]],^(AHD)^(OED 1989) from the belief that changes of the moon caused intermittent insanity.^(MW Collegiate)^(Wiktionary)
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+ Compare Old English ''monseoc'' “lunatic”, literally “moon-sick”.^(Etymonline) The phrase ''lunatic fringe'' was popularized by Theodore Roosevelt in 1913.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}