insane+person

  • 1insane person — A person afflicted with insanity. The term is a generic one and includes idiots, lunatics, persons who are non compos mentis, and persons who are deranged. Hiett v Shull, 36 W Va 563, 565. See insanity …

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  • 2insane — (adj.) 1550s, from L. insanus mad, insane; outrageous, excessive, extravagant, from in not (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + sanus well, healthy, sane. Originally only of persons; of actions, from 1842. Cf. LUNATIC (Cf. lunatic); and It. pazzo insane,… …

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  • 3insane — insane, mad, crazy, crazed, demented, deranged, lunatic, maniac, non compos mentis are comparable in their general or nontechnical senses (for senses of corresponding nouns used technically see INSANITY) and as meaning afflicted by or manifesting …

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  • 4insane delusion — insane de·lu·sion n: a false belief in a nonexistent state of facts in which no rational person would believe that deprives a person of the capacity to make a will and renders any will made invalid Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam… …

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  • 5Insane Clown Posse — Infobox Musical artist Name = Insane Clown Posse Img capt = Violent J (left) and Shaggy 2 Dope (right) of Insane Clown Posse. Img size = 300px Landscape = Background = group or band Alias = ICP Origin = Delray, Detroit, USA Genre = Hip hop Years… …

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  • 6Insane in the Mainframe — Infobox Futurama episode episode name = Insane in the Mainframe episode no = 43 prod code = 3ACV11 airdate = April 8, 2001 country = USA writer = Bill Odenkirk director = Peter Avanzino opening subtitle = Bender’s Humor by Microsoft Joke opening… …

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  • 7insane — insanely, adv. insaneness, n. /in sayn /, adj. 1. not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged. 2. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a person who is mentally deranged: insane actions; an insane asylum. 3. utterly senseless: an insane plan …

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  • 8Person or Persons Unknown — Infobox Television episode Title = Person or Persons Unknown Series = The Twilight Zone Caption = Richard Long in Person or Persons Unknown Season = 3 Episode = 92 Airdate =March 23, 1962 Production =4829 Writer =Charles Beaumont Director =John… …

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  • 9insane delusion — The product of a diseased mind or brain. 26 Am J1st Homi § 81. A belief which cannot be dispelled by reason and can be accounted for only as the product of mental disorder. A belief in things which do not exist and which no rational mind would… …

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  • 10insane asylum — noun a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person • Syn: ↑mental hospital, ↑psychiatric hospital, ↑mental institution, ↑institution, ↑mental home, ↑asylum • Derivationally related forms: ↑institutiona …

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