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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
insane
adj 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}, {mad}]
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