lunacy

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

LU'NACY, noun [from Latin luna, the moon.] 1. A species of insanity of madness, supposed to be influenced by the moon, or periodical in the month. 2. Madness in general.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI

More founding-era words: liberty · virtue · republic · justice · providence · commerce · militia · arms · prudence · establishment · religion · usurpation · tyranny · citizen · unalienable · sovereign