sane
pronunciation
How to pronounce sane in British English:
UK [seɪn]
How to pronounce sane in American English:
US [seɪn]
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- Adjective:
- mentally healthy; free from mental disorder
- marked by sound judgment
Word Origin
- sane
- sane: [17] Latin sānus, a word of uncertain origin, meant ‘healthy’ – a connotation perpetuated in its derivative sanatorium ‘sickroom’ [19]. Its use with reference to mental rather than physical health (as in the Latin tag mēns sāna in corpore sāno ‘a healthy mind in a healthy body’) led to its adoption in English for ‘of sound mind, not mad’.=> sanatorium, sanitary
- sane (adj.)
- 1721, back-formation from sanity or else from Latin sanus "sound, healthy," in figurative or transferred use, "of sound mind, rational, sane," also, of style, "correct;" of uncertain origin. Used earlier, of the body, with the sense of "healthy" (1620s). Related: Sanely.
Example
- 1. Why would people as sane and sensible as the british want to govern the irish ?
- 2. It 's a sane thought and worth thinking .
- 3. As a sane 18-year-old with no criminal history , he can still amass a legal arsenal .
- 4. But next door to peru , you can see a very different , environmentally sane model to lift up the poor emerging -- if only we will grasp it .
- 5. My busyness may not be the thing that is about to push me over the edge . It may be the thing that keeps me sane .