lunatic fringe



lunatic fringe

the more extreme members of a group. Most of the members of that religious sect are quite reasonable, but Lisa belongs to the lunatic fringe. Many people try to avoid eating a lot of fat, but Mary is part of the lunatic fringe and will eat anything.
See also: fringe, lunatic

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Ketevan-Georgian
Radulf-Ancient Germanic
StÍGandr-Ancient Scandinavian
BethelBETH-əl (English)Biblical
JolieJO-lee (English), zho-LEE (French)English, Various
YuliyaYOO-lee-yah (Russian)Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian