جُنُونٌ
Root: جن
Full Definition
جُنُونٌ
: see جِنٌّ, first sentence, in two places.
def.2 Also, Verbal.Noun of جُنَّ; [originally signifying A state of possession by a جِنِّىِّ, or by جِنّ; diabolical, or demoniacal, possession; and hence meaning] loss of reason; or madness, insanity, or unsoundness in mind or intellect; or deficiency of intellect: [it may generally be rendered possession, or insanity:] is a contraction thereof; or accord. to some, an original form: and
جَنَّةٌ , also, signifies the same as جُنُونٌ: as also
مَجَنَّةٌ , and
جُنَانٌ , but this last is vulgar.
2 Also Persistence in evil; and pursuance of a headlong, or rash, course.
def.2 Also, Verbal.Noun of جُنَّ; [originally signifying A state of possession by a جِنِّىِّ, or by جِنّ; diabolical, or demoniacal, possession; and hence meaning] loss of reason; or madness, insanity, or unsoundness in mind or intellect; or deficiency of intellect: [it may generally be rendered possession, or insanity:]
2 Also Persistence in evil; and pursuance of a headlong, or rash, course.