Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-SANE'
IN-SANE', a. [L. insanus; in and sanus, sound.]
- Unsound in mind or intellect; mad; deranged in mind; delirious; distracted. Shak. [In the sense of making mad, it is little used.]
- Used by or appropriated to insane persons; as, an insane hospital.
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