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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1590
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Lunacie, n. [e.m.E. lunacy (1541), formed after Lunatik a.] Intermittent and violent insanity, or a fit of this; frenzy. — 1590 Newes from Scotl. in Crim. Trials I. i. 220.
By meanes of … his sorcery … he caused … that once in xxiiii howers hee fell into a lunacie and madnes and so continued one whole hower together
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