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Origin:
1620–30; < Latin sānus healthy
1620–30; < Latin sānus healthy
Related forms
sane·ly, adverb
sane·ness, noun
non·sane, adjective
non·sane·ly, adverb
non·sane·ness, noun
Synonyms
2. reasonable, sensible, judicious, level-headed.
2. reasonable, sensible, judicious, level-headed.
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So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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Word Origin & History
sane
1721, back-formation from sanity. Used earlier, of the body, with the sense of "healthy" (1628).
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Medical Dictionary
sane (sān)
adj.
Of sound mind; mentally healthy.
sane'ness n.
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