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insane - 5 dictionary results
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Language Translation for : insane
| Spanish: | loco, demente, | German: | geisteskrank, | Japanese: | 正気でない |
| in·sane
(ĭn-sān') Pronunciation Key
adj.
[Latin īnsānus : in-, not; see in-1 + sānus, sane, healthy.] in·sane'ly adv., in·sane'ness n. |
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insane
1560, from L. insanus "mad, insane, outrageous, excessive, extravagant," from in- "not" + sanus (see sane). Originally only of persons; of actions, from 1842. Cf. lunatic; and It. pazzo "insane," originally a euphemism, from L. patiens "suffering." Ger. verrückt, lit. pp. of verrücken "to displace," "applied to the brain as to a clock that is 'out of order' " [Buck].
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| insane | |
adjective | |
| 1. | afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter" [ant: sane] |
| 2. | very foolish; "harebrained ideas"; "took insane risks behind the wheel"; "a completely mad scheme to build a bridge between two mountains" [syn: harebrained] |
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Insane
In*sane"\, a. [L. insanus. See In- not, and Sane.]1. Exhibiting unsoundness or disorded of mind; not sane; mad; deranged in mind; delirious; distracted. See Insanity, 2. 2. Used by, or appropriated to, insane persons; as, an insane hospital. 3. Causing insanity or madness. [R.] Or have we eaten on the insaneroot That takes the reason prisoner ? --Shak. 4. Characterized by insanity or the utmost folly; chimerical; unpractical; as, an insane plan, attempt, etc. I know not which was the insane measure. --Southey.
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