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insane adjective & noun. M16.
[Latin insanus, formed as IN-3 + SANE.]
A. adjective.
In a state of mind that precludes normal perception and behaviour, and ordinary social interaction; mad; psychotic. M16.
P. Theroux She lost her mind and died insane.
b. Reserved or intended for the use of mentally ill people. E19.
D. Wigoder I didn't need to be locked up in an insane asylum.
Causing insanity. Only in E17.
Shakespeare Macbeth Have we eaten on the insane root That takes the reason prisoner?
Of an action: extremely foolish, irrational. M19.
D. DeLillo 'When are you off?' 'A seven o'clock flight...Isn't it insane?'
b. noun.
An insane person. arch. L18.
collect. pl. The class of insane people. E19.
general paralysis of the insane: see PARALYSIS 1.
insanely adverb M19.
insaneness noun L19.