SANE, SANITY
ADJECTIVES
– ALL AT HOME quite sane …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– ALLISTER sane, in full possession of one’s mental faculties …Bk1898 Sc. obs.
– ALL THERE in control of the mind, sane …1854 sl.
– ALL THERE AND A HA’PORTH OVER sane, in one’s right mind …M19 sl.
– COMPOS in control of the mind, sane …1809
– COMPOS MENTIS in control of the mind, sane …1616
– CONCOS-MANCOS sane, of sound mind, ‘compos mentis’ …1823 Sc.
– FECKT Bk1900 Eng. dial. – competent, capable, sane
– GLUED stable, sane …1980s sl., orig. US college usage
– NATURAL in full possession of one’s wits or senses, normal …1714 Sc. obs.
– RIGHT a1638 – mentally healthy; sane; competent to think and act
– RIGHT-MINDED 1876 obs. rare – of sound mind, sane
– THOROUGH wise, sane …Bk1905 Sc. & N. Ireland
– VALID of the mind: sane, strong …1854 rare
– WITH IT in control of the mind, sane …1961 sl.
NOUNS
1950 ► DEEP END the border between sanity and insanity → Amer. sl.
VERBS
1836 ► SANIFY to become sane or reasonable
1941 ► BE ON THE BEAM to be on the right track; to be right; to be sane
1950 ► WIG OUT to become mentally unbalanced; to lose one’s sanity → sl.
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