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Used by, or appropriated to, insane persons; as, an insane hospital.

Without reason; madly; foolishly.

Insanity; madness.

unfortunate, or afflicted persons; as, an asylum for the aged, for the blind, or for the insane; a lunatic asylum; an orphan asylum.

A place appropriated to the confinement and care of the insane; a madhouse. Abp. Tillotson.

An insane person; a madman; a bedlamite.

To derange the intellect of; to render insane. Any man . . . that is crazed and out of his wits. Tilloston. Grief hath crazed my wits. Shak.

Having a delirium; wandering in mind; light-headed; insane; raving; wild; as, a delirious patient; delirious fancies. -- De*lir"i*ous*ly, adv. -- De*lir"i*ous*ness, n.

Insane; mad; of unsound mind. -- De*ment"ed*ness, n.

To disturb in the orderly or normal action of the intellect; to render insane.

Disordered; especially, disordered in mind; crazy; insane. The story of a poor deranged parish lad. Lamb.

Insane; mad. [Obs.] Drayton.

; feeble; impotent; esp., mentally wea; feeble-minded; as, hospitals for the imbecile and insane.

puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one with pride or vanity. Inflate themselves with some insane delight. Tennyson.

The state of being insane; unsoundness or derangement of mind; madness; lunacy. All power of fancy overreason is a degree of insanity. Johnson. Without grace The heart's insanity admits no cure. Cowper.

Southwestern United States, which is said to poison horses and cattle, first making them insane. The name is also given vaguely to several other species of the same genus. Called also loco weed.

Affected by lunacy; insane; mad. Lord, have mercy on my son; for he is lunatic. Wyclif (Matt. xvii. 15).

Disordered in intellect; crazy; insane. I have heard my grandsire say full oft, Extremity of griefs would make men mad. Shak.

A house where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum; a bedlam.

Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; as, the tulip mania. Mania a potu Etym: [L.], madness from drinking; delirium tremens.