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insane

  • adjective
  • /ɪnˈseɪn/

Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; utterly mad.

Other meanings

  1. Used by or relating to insane people.

    “an insane hospital”

  2. Causing insanity or madness.

Related words

  • insaneness
  • insanery
  • insaniac
  • noninsane
  • drive someone insane
  • general paralysis of the insane
  • general paresis of the insane
  • insane asylum
  • insane in the membrane
  • insanely
  • insanify

Word history

From Latin "īnsānus" (unsound in mind; mad, insane).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “insane” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.