different between asinine vs insane
asinine
English
Etymology
From Latin asin?nus (“of a donkey or ass”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?æs.?.na?n/, /?æs.?.na?n/
- Rhymes: -a?n
Adjective
asinine (comparative more asinine, superlative most asinine)
- Very foolish; failing to exercise intelligence or judgement or rationality
- Synonyms: foolish, obstinate
- Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of donkeys
- 1881, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, The Ingenious Knight: Don Quixote de la Mancha (page 84)
- Don Quixote had put himself but a little way ayont the village of Don Diego, when he encountered two apparent priests, or students, and two husbandmen, who came mounted on four asinine beasts.
- Synonym: donkeyish
- 1881, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, The Ingenious Knight: Don Quixote de la Mancha (page 84)
Synonyms
- asinary (obsolete)
- assy (informal)
Derived terms
Related terms
- asinicide
Translations
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.zi.nin/
- Homophone: asinines
Adjective
asinine
- feminine singular of asinin
Italian
Adjective
asinine
- feminine plural of asinino
Anagrams
- insanie
Latin
Adjective
asin?ne
- vocative masculine singular of asin?nus
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insane
English
Etymology
From Latin ?ns?nus (“unsound in mind; mad, insane”), from in- + s?nus (“sound, sane”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?se?n/
- Rhymes: -e?n
Adjective
insane (comparative more insane or insaner, superlative most insane or insanest)
- Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; mad
- Synonyms: delirious, distracted
- What is the cause of insanity? Nobody can answer such a sweeping question as that, but we know that certain diseases, such as syphilis, break down and destroy the brain cells and result in insanity. In fact, about one-half of all mental diseases can be attributed to such physical causes as brain lesions, alcohol, toxins, and injuries. But the other half—and this is the appalling part of the story—the other half of the people who go insane apparently have nothing organically wrong with their brain cells. In post-mortem examinations, when their brain tissues are studied under the highest-powered microscopes, they are found to be apparently just as healthy as yours and mine. Why do these people go insane?
- Used by, or appropriated to, insane persons
- Causing insanity or madness.
- Characterized by insanity or the utmost folly; ridiculous; impractical
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:insane
Antonyms
- sane
Derived terms
- insanely
Related terms
- insanity
Translations
Further reading
- insane in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- insane in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- insane at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Annies, Sannie, Sienna, inanes, nenias, sannie, sienna
French
Etymology
From English insane
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.san/
Adjective
insane (plural insanes)
- crazy
- foolish
Further reading
- “insane” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Adjective
insane f pl
- feminine plural of insano
Latin
Adjective
?ns?ne
- vocative masculine singular of ?ns?nus
References
- insane in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- insane in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- insane in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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