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sane

adj
/seɪn/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sānus (“healthy; sane”). Doublet of sound.

  1. learned borrowing from sānus — “healthy; sane”

Definitions

  1. Being in a healthy condition

    Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; thinking rationally.

    • a sane mind

  2. Mentally sound

    Mentally sound; possessing a rational mind; having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge the effect of one's actions in an ordinary manner.

    • a sane person

  3. Rational

    Rational; reasonable; sensible.

    • Try to go to bed at a sane time before your exams.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Initialism of sexual assault nurse examiner.

    2. Ellipsis of SANE disc, a type of black hole accretion disc.

    3. Acronym of standard and normal evolution.

The neighborhood

Derived

nonsane, sanely, saneness, sanewash, sanewashing, sanism, sanist, unsane

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at sane. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at sane. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at sane

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA