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
Ninad-Indian, Marathi
Danica-Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Slovak, Czech, Macedonian, English
Aybek-Kyrgyz, Kazakh
Mikhah-Biblical Hebrew
Metodyme-TAW-diPolish
Takhmaspa-Ancient Persian