insane
//ɪnˈseɪn//
informalForms
- Comparative
- more insane
- Superlative
- most insane
Definitions
1.Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; utterly mad.
2.Causing insanity or madness.
- Were such things here, as we doe speake about? / Or haue we eaten on the insane Root, / That takes the Reason Prisoner?
3.Characterized by excess or the utmost folly; ridiculous; impractical.(informal)
- Yenshui is a fairly ordinary town situated between Tainan and Chiayi. However, during the Lantern Festival, on the 15th day of the first moon, the whole town goes insane.
4.Used by or relating to insane people.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4149
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
From Latin īnsānus (“unsound in mind; mad, insane”)
From in- + sānus (“sound, sane”), equivalent to in- + sane.