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Sane

Definitions: Sane

Sane

Adjective

1. Mentally healthy; free from mental disorder; "appears to be completely sane".

2. Marked by sound judgment; "sane nuclear policy".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "sane" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references)

 

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Sane

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.

EntrySourceExpressionField

SANE

EnglishSchizophrenia A National EmergencyN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonym: Sane

Synonym: reasonable (adj). (additional references)
Antonym: insane (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Sane

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Sanity

Verb: be sane; Adjective: retain one's senses, retain one's reason.

Render sane; adj; bring to one's senses, sober.

Become sane; Adjective: come to one's senses, sober down.

Adjective: sane, rational, reasonable, compos mentis, of sound mind; sound, sound-minded; lucid.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Sane

English words defined with "sane": Everlasting flowerHerself, HimselfsanelyTrundlehead. (references)
Specialty definitions using "sane": ENTHUSIASTTHAW. (references)
Etymologies containing "sane": insanemiensainfoin, Sanable, sanity. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Sane" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (indeed, rationally, really, sensibly, soberly /really, to be sure).

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Modern Usage: Sane

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Never. You're too sane and uncomplicated. (Brief Encounter; writing credit: David Lean, written by Noel Coward, Anthony Havelock-Allan, David Lean, and Ronald Neame.)

Oh, that's the first sane remark I've heard today. (The Philadelphia Story; writing credit: Donald Ogden Stewart. Based on the play by Philip Barry.)

Look, I'm not nor ever will be losing my sanity It's the only thing keeping me sane. (Dead Man's Dream; writing credit: Abner J. Pastoll; Kamma Pastoll)

Am I? Or am I so sane that you just blew your mind? (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

In a world of chaos, wrinkle-free pants keep you sane. (Vengeance Unlimited; writing credit: Andrew Davies; William Makepeace Thackeray)

Lyrics

Is it any wonder I'm sane at all ("Too Much Time On My Hands"; performing artist: STYX)

NOT ONLY WILL YOUR ANSWERS KEEP ME SANE ("Never Ever"; performing artist: All Saints)

I'm so sane, it's driving me crazy ("Falling For The First Time"; performing artist: Barenaked Ladies)

All sane and logical ("Inside Out"; performing artist: Eve 6)

I will never be sane ("Father Of Mine"; performing artist: Everclear)

Clever

The way it is now, the asylums can hold the sane people but if we tried to shut up the insane we would run out of building materials. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Montana: At least the cows are sane. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Sane gaya beomeul jabji (1969)

Safe and Sane (1924)

A Sane Fourth of July (1911)

Bill Hicks: Sane Man (1989)

Going Sane (1986)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Sane

DomainTitle

Books

  • 99 Ways to Drive Your Child Sane (reference)

  • Naked at Work and Other Fears: How to Stay Sane When Your Job Drives You Crazy (reference)

  • The Sane Society (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Biography:Bob Newhart - Last Sane Man (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Sane

AuthorQuotation

Carl Gustav Jung

Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.

Doc Sane

Opportunity is as scarce as oxygen; men fairly breathe it and do not know it.

Emily Dickinson

Assent -- and you are sane -- , demur -- you're straightway dangerous -- , and handled with a Chain -- .

Henry Ward Beecher

In things pertaining to enthusiasm no man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The wonder is always new that any sane man can be a sailor.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Sane

TitleAuthorQuote

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

With thinking we may be beside ourselves in a sane sense.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Sane

SubjectTopicQuote

Human Rights

Morocco

Sane and his delegation met with the Prime Minister, as well as media and NGO's. (references)

Morocco

Sane also urged the Government to investigate and prosecute those responsible for past crimes and abuses. (references)

Morocco

Many speakers openly and strongly criticized the Government's human rights record, including the December 2000 banning of three publications and arrest of AMDH activists and JCO protesters in December 2000. In April Amnesty International Secretary General Pierre Sane visited Morocco. (references)

Political Economy

Morocco

In April Amnesty International Secretary General Pierre Sane "applauded the progress recorded by Morocco in the field of human rights," although he urged more progress concerning political prisoners and past cases of disappearance. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Sane

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Colin Powell

I think every sane person, to include warriors and especially warriors, hate war, because we see the consequences of war. But when it is necessary to go to war, then you do it, you do it to the best of your ability.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Sane

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Warren G. Harding

1921-1923We need a rigid and yet sane economy, combined with fiscal justice, and it must be attended by individual prudence and thrift, which are so essential to this trying hour and reassuring for the future.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Sane

"Sane" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Sane" is used about 301 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%30116,714

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Sane

The following table summarizes the usage of "sane" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
SaneLast name1,00018,462
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Sane

Expression using "sane": be sane. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Sane

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

sane

81

justin sane

46

ministry sane

35

firework safe sane

33

justin lyrics sane

17

aladdin sane

15

being in insane place sane

6

sane sart

5

linux sane

5

nurse sane

5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Sane

Language Translations for "sane"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

normal (natural, normal, ordinary, par, regular, standard), në rregull nga mendtë, i arsyeshëm (legitimate, level headed, logical, rational, reasonable, reasoning, sensible), i arësyeshëm (legitimate, level headed, logical, rational, reasonable, reasoning, sensible). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏سليم العقل (compos mentis, normal, of sound mind), ‏عاقل (discreet, intelligent, judicious, politic, prudent, rational, reasonable, sagacious, sage, sensible, sober minded, sound). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

смислен (intelligible, meaningful, rational), разумен (discriminate, equitable, intelligent, judicious, level, long-headed, politic, rational, reasonable, responsible, sensible, thinking, understanding, well-judged), нормален (average, normal, ordinary, regular, right, sound, straight), здравомислещ (hardheaded, level headed, right-minded). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

腦清楚 , 神志正常. (various references)

   

Czech

  

rozumný (advisable, rational, reasonable, sensible, understanding, wise), příèetný, duševnì zdravý. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

معقول (Conscionable, Inexpensive, Rational, Reasonable, Sensible, Subjective, Wise), معتدل (Green, Medium, Middleman, Mild, Moderate, Modest, Sober), سالم (Hale, Healthy, Intact, Lucid, Safe, Salubrious, Sound, Valid, Well, Whole), عاقل (Canny, Sagacious, Sage, Sober, Wise), دارای عقل سلیم . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

viisas (clever, in one's right mind, judicious, sagacious, sage, wise), tervejärkinen (sound in mind), täysjärkinen (in full possession of one's senses). (various references)

   

French

  

sensé (sagacious, sage), sain d'esprit (mentally sane), sain (salubrious), raisonnable (sagacious, sage). (various references)

   

German

  

zurechnungsfähig (compos mentis, of sound mind). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σώφρονων, σωόσ τασ φρένασ, υγιήσ (able bodied, fit, healthy, sound, well, whole). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

שפוי ב"עתו (compos mentis, in his right mind, of sound mind). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

józan (advised, clear-headed, discrimination, Douce, down to earth, hard-headed, judicious, moderate, philosophic, philosophical, sensible, sober, sound, steady), épelméjű (sound of mind, to be sound of mind). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

sehat (bouncing, hale, healthful, healthy, well), bijaksana (discreet, politic, prudence). (various references)

   

Italian

  

sano di mente (normal). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

気は確か (be in one's senses, be sane). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

きはたしか (be in one's senses, be sane). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

온건한 (moderate). (various references)

   

Manx

  

sunt (healthy, sound), slayntoil (genial, healthy, salubrious, sanitary, sound), slane (absolute, absolute of ruler, absolutely, chin-chin, complete, entire, fully, gross, healed, intact, integer, inviolate, perfect, sheer, thorough, total, unbroken, undivided, unexpurgated as edition; good bye, unexpurgated; good bye, unharmed, unhurt, unimpaired, utter, well, whole), er e cheeayll. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

anesay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

sensato (acceptable, judo, longheaded, prudent, reasonable, right-minded, sagacious, sage, sensible, shrewd, sober minded, staid, well balanced, wise), são de espírito, são (able-bodied, are, Hale, healthful, healthy, laudanum, sound, they are, well balanced, whole, wholesome), razoável (acceptable, fair, live, live-bait, middle-of-the-road, middling, modest, plausible, possible, reasonable, right-minded, sensible, tolerable, tol-lol, within reason). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

zdravãn (awfully, healthy, mighty, sinewy, sound, soundly, sturdy, terrible, vigorous, whole), teafãr (able bodied, safely, scot free, whole), rezonabil (advised, fair, moderate, possible, rational, reasonable, reasonably), normal (legitimate, natural, normal, ordinariness, ordinary, rated, regular, standard), echilibrat (balanced, equable, equal, even tempered, level, level headed, well balanced), cu mintea sãnãtoasã, cu judecatã sãnãtoasã. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

нормальный (normal, ordinary, standard), здравый (conscious, moderate, sober, sober-sided, sound), здравомыслящий (clearheaded, clear-headed, judicious, man of sense, sober-minded, wholesome). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

razuman (intellectual, intelligible, judicious, knowing, level headed, levelheaded, lucid, reasonable, reasonably, reasoned, reasoning, right-minded, sensible), duševno zdrav. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

sano (able bodied, bonny, good, Hale, healthful, healthy, hearty, integrated, pure-minded, salubrious, sound, whole, wholesome). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

vid sunt förnuft, klok (advisable, clever, intelligent, judicious, long-headed, politic, prudent, sagacious, sage, sapient, sensible, shrewd, well advised, wise). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

makul (acceptable, comprehensible, conceivable, fair, judicious, just, level, logical, moderate, plausible, possible, probable, reasonable, sensible, sober, sober minded), insaflı (conscientious, equitable, fair, just, merciful, right-minded), aklı başında (all there, clear headed, collected, compos mentis, in one's right mind, judicious, level headed, lucid, of sound mind, sedate, sober minded), akla yatkın (earthly, probable, rational, reasonable, sober), akıllıca (cleverly, intelligently, judicious, no-nonsense, sagacious, sensible, shrewd, wisely). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

нормальний (average, normal, rational), нехворобливий, здорового глузду. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sảng khoái ôn ho , l nh mạnh (wholesome). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Sane

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

sana, sanaballat, sanae, sanam, sani, sanis, sanorum, sanum, sanus, sanusne, sapiens, sapiente, sapientem, sapientes, sapienti, sapientia, sapientibus, sapientior, sapientiorem, sapientis, sapientissimum, sapientissimus, sapientium, sapientius. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Sane

Derivations

Words beginning with "sane": saned, sanely, saneness, sanenesses, saner, sanes, sanest. (additional references)

Words ending with "sane": insane, tisane. (additional references)

Words containing "sane": insanely, insaneness, insanenesses, insaner, insanest, tisanes. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Sane" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aane, asen, Asna, Asnah, asnea, Asni, asone, eane, esan, esane, Esene, esne, gs-ana, iane, isen, saana, Saanen, Sabe, Sabne, saee, Saen, Saens, saie, saine, saje, sana, sanal, Sanam, sanat, Sanay, Sanaya, sanc, sance, sande, saned, Sanei, Sanel, sanes, sanex, sanez, Sanh, sani, Sanjeev, Sanjek, Sanjeye, Sanke, sann, Sanna, Sannox, sannu, sano, Sanoh, santen, sany, sanz, saone, sayne, saze, scane, seane, sehne, sekne, Senbef, sene, Seneb, senet, Senex, seni, senno, seno, sente, shana, shane, shani, Sianel, sien, sinex, sinje, sinne, sinnen, sinqe, skance, skane, sknee, slane, snaa, snae, snaed, snah, snau, snaue, snaz, snaze, sne, snea, snee, snef, snem, snen, soane, soen, sonae, sone, sonne, spanne, sqan, ssn, stana, sune, sunne, swane, swanee, swannee, zaen, zana, zane, zano, zanu, zene. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Sane"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "sane" (pronounced sā"n)
3s ā" ninsane, sain.
2-ā" nabstain, alane, arcane, arraign, ascertain, attain, bane, blain, brain, butane, Cain, campaign, cane, chain, champagne, Champaign, cocaine, complain, constrain, contain, crane, delaine, detain, disdain, domain, drain, entertain, explain, fain, Fane, feign, gain, germane, grain, humane, inane, ingrain, inhumane, Jane, kain, Kane, lain, Lane, legerdemain, main, maintain, mane, moraine, mundane, obtain, ordain, overtrain, pain, pane, pertain, plain, plane, preordain, profane, rain, refrain, regain, reign, rein, remain, restrain, retain, retrain, Romaine, slain, sprain, stain, strain, sustain, Swain, terrain, Thane, train, twain, urbane, vain, vane, vein, wain, wane.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Sane

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: anes.

Words within the letters "a-e-n-s"

-1 letter: ane, ens, nae, sae, sea, sen.

-2 letters: ae, an, as, en, es, na, ne.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-n-s"
 

+1 letter: acnes, aeons, amens, anise, ansae, antes, ashen, aspen, avens, banes, beans, canes, deans, earns, elans, etnas, fanes, hanse, janes, jeans, kanes, lanes, leans, manes, manse, means, mensa, nabes, names, napes, nares, nates, naves, neaps, nears, neats, nemas, panes, peans, saned, saner, sanes, scena, sedan, senna, sensa, sewan, skean, snake, snare, sneak, sneap, spean, stane, usnea, vanes, wanes, weans, yeans.

 

+2 letters: absent, aeneus, agenes, agents, agones, akenes, aliens, alines, amends, aments, amines, anears, aneles, anenst, angels, angers, angles, animes, anises, ankles, anodes, anoles, ansate, answer, antres, anuses, apneas, arenas, arisen, arpens, arseno, arsine, ascend, ascent, ashmen, aspens, assent, astern, atones, axones, azines, beanos, caners, canoes, casein, casern, centas, cleans, cranes, dances, davens, dedans, denars, desand, desman, dewans, easing, elains, elands, enacts, enates, encase, encash, enemas, faenas, fasten, flanes, ganefs, ganevs, gasmen, genoas, gleans, hances, hansel, hanses, hasten, hausen, havens, hennas, hyenas, inanes, incase, insane, inseam, kenafs, kinase, knaves, kneads, ladens, lances, lanose, latens, learns, lemans, lianes, manges, manses, mantes, mavens, menads, mensae, mensal, mensas, mesian, messan, naches, nacres, naevus, naives, naleds, namers, nances, nappes, nausea, navels, navies, oceans, paeans, paeons, paesan, panels, pannes, patens, peasen, pecans, pekans, planes, queans, ramens, rances, ranees, ranges, ravens, reason, redans, remans, resawn, sabine, sadden, sained, saline, sanded, sander, sanely, sanest, sanger, sanies, sansei, sarsen, sateen, savine, sawney, scenas, seaman, seamen, seance, season, seawan, secant, sedans, sejant, semina, senary, senate, sendal, seneca, senega, sennas, senora, sewans, sextan, shaken, shapen, shaven, sienna, silane, skeane, skeans, snaked, snakes, snakey, snared, snarer, snares, snathe, snawed, sneaks, sneaky, sneaps, speans, stamen, stance, staned, stanes, sterna, sundae, tenias, thanes, tineas, tisane, uncase, unease, uneasy, unsafe, unseal, unseam, unseat, usance, usneae, usneas, veenas, vegans, wakens, weason, whenas, xenias, yamens, yearns, yentas, zanies, zazens.

 

+3 letters: absence, absents, accents, acetins, achenes, acinose, acnodes, acumens, addends, adenyls, advents, aeneous, affines, ageings, agendas, agnates, agnizes, agonies, agonise, ainsell, alevins, alexins, aliners, alkanes, alkenes, alkines, alkynes, almners, almsmen, alpines, ambones, ammines, amnesia, amnesic, amnesty, anadems, analyse, anankes, anapest, anatase, ancones, ancress, anemias, anestri, angelus, anglers, aniseed, anisole, anklets, ankuses, anlaces, anlages, anlases, annates, anneals, annexes, anomies, ansated, answers, anthems, anthers, antisex, antlers, antsier, anywise, apnoeas, appends, aptness, arcsine, arenose, arenous, argents, arpents, arsenal, arsenic, arsines, ascends, ascents, asinine, askance, assents, astheny, asunder, atoners, atonies, attends, attunes, augends, aunties, avenges, avenses, avenues, awakens, awnless, badness, baleens, banders, bandies, bangers, bangles, banjoes, bankers, banners, bannets, banshee, banshie, banters, banties, barrens, baseman, basemen, basenji, basined, basinet, batsmen, battens, beacons, beanies, bedamns, bedpans, bemeans, bemoans, benames, bendays, bezants, boranes, brazens, butanes, bynames, cajones, calends, canapes, cancels, cancers, candies, candles, cangues, canines, cankers, cannels, canners, canters, cantles, careens, carnets, carneys, carnies, caseins, caserne, caserns, catenas, caverns, ceasing, censual, centals, cetanes, chaines, chances, changes, chasten, cineast, cinemas, cleanse, coarsen, corneas, cravens, daemons, damners, dampens, dancers, danders, dandies, dandles, dangers, dangles, dankest, danseur, daphnes, dapsone, darkens, darnels, darners, dasheen, daysmen, deacons, deadens, deafens, decanes, decants, deewans, defangs, demands, demeans, denials, dentals, desands, descant, deskman, desmans, destain, detains, donates, duennas, dyspnea, earings, earners, earnest, eastern, easting, eatings, elastin, eluants, elysian, embanks, enables, enamels, enamors, encages, encamps, encased, encases, enchase, encinas, enclasp, endears, endways, enfaces, engages, engrams, enhalos, enigmas, enlaces, enneads, enolase, enrages, enslave, ensnare, ensnarl, entails, entases, entasia, entasis, entraps, enwraps, epinaos, erasing, erasion, errands, errants, espanol, etalons, etamins, etesian, ethanes, eupneas, evanish, evasion, examens, expands, expanse, fadeins, fainest, famines, fancies, fanegas, fanjets, fanners, fannies, fanwise, farness, fascine, fastens, fatness, fattens, fawners, feasing, fiances, finales, flamens, flanges, furanes, gainers, galenas, gamines, ganders, gangers, gangues, gannets, gardens, garners, garnets, gayness, gelants, genevas, germans, glances, glandes, gnashed, gnashes, gnawers, grabens, granges, guanase, guineas, haemins, handles, handsel, handset, hangers, hankers, hankies, hansels, hantles, happens, haptens, hardens, harkens, harness, harshen, hastens, hausens, heavens, hernias, hessian, hetmans, hexanes, hexosan, hoarsen, hyaenas, inanest, incages, incased, incases, infares, ingates, ingesta, inhales, inlaces, inmates, inphase, insaner, inscape, inseams, insnare, instate, instead, intakes, inulase, invades, isatine, jangles, jasmine, jaunces, jessant, joannes, kalends, kamseen, khazens, kinases, kinemas, knawels, krakens, kyanise, lacunes, lagends, lagunes, laments, lancers, lancets, landers, langues, lankest, lanners, lasagne, lateens, latents, lattens, launces, lawines, laxness, leaners, leanest, leasing, leavens, lensman, lesbian, levants, linages, loaners, maddens, madness, maenads, magnets, maidens, malines, manages, manches, maneges, mangels, mangers, mangles, mangoes, manless, manners, mannose, mantels, mantles, manures, manwise, marines, martens, masoned, meaners, meanest, meanies, medians, medinas, medusan, menaces, menages, menials, messans, messman, misname, moaners, monades, nabbers, naggers, naiades, nailers, nailset, naivest, nancies, nannies, napless, nappers, nappies, narcose, nascent, nastier, nasties, natives, natters, natures, nauseas, navvies, nearest, neatens, neatest, nebulas, nectars, negates, newsman, nonages, nosebag, nosegay, notates, novenas, noyades, nuances, nutates, nutcase, oarsmen, octanes, onagers, onstage, oranges, paesani, paesano, paesans, panders, pandies, pangens, paniers, pansies, panties, panzers, parents, pastern, patents, patines, patness, pattens, pavanes, pawnees, pawners, peahens, peanuts, peasant, pechans, pedants, penangs, penates, pentads, persona, petnaps, pineals, pinesap, planers, planets, platens, pneumas, prances, ranches, randies, rangers, rankers, rankest, rankles, ranters, rapines, ratines, rattens, ravines, rawness, reagins, reasons, recanes, recants, reearns, regains, reginas, rehangs, reloans, remains, remands, renails, renames, rennase, rentals, replans, retains, retinas, retsina, sabeing, sabines, saddens, sadness, sagamen, sainted, salient, salines, saltern, saltine, samisen, sanders, sandier, sandmen, sangers, sanicle, sanseis, saphena, sapiens, sapient, sardine, sarment, sarsens, sateens, satinet, saunter, savines, sawneys, scalene, scaleni, scanned, scanner, scanted, scanter, sealant, sealing, seaming, seances, searing, seasons, seating, seawans, seawant, secants, seedman, sejeant, seminal, seminar, senarii, senates, senator, sendals, senecas, senegas, senhora, senopia, senoras, sensate, sensual, seringa, serrano, servant, sestina, sextain, sextans, sextant, shanked, shantey, sharpen, shebang, shebean, sheitan, sideman, siennas, sierran, signage, silanes, sinkage, sinuate, skeanes, slacken, slainte, slander, slanged, slanted, smarten, snacked, snaffle, snafued, snagged, snailed, snakier, snapped, snapper, snarers, snarled, snarler, snashes, snathes, sneaked, sneaker, sneaped, sokeman, sonance, soutane, soybean, spaeing, spancel, spandex, spangle, spaniel, spanked, spanker, spanned, spanner, spawned, spawner, speaned, spelean, spinage, spinate, splenia, stained, stainer, stamens, stances, standee, stander, stanged, stanine, stearin, stengah, sternal, stewpan, sthenia, strange, subdean, subpena, sunbeam, sundaes, surname, swagmen, swanked, swanker, swanned, synapse, synurae, taenias, talents, tameins, tandems, tangles, tankers, tanners, tannest, tanrecs, tansies, tautens, taverns, tawneys, tawnies, teasing, tenaces, tenails, tenants, teopans, tetanus, thenars, tisanes, tolanes, trances, treason, trepans, unasked, unbased, unbears, uncages, uncakes, uncased, uncases, uneases, unlaces, unlades, unleads, unleash, unmakes, unsated, unsaved, unsawed, unseals, unseams, unseats, unspeak, unstate, unswear, usances, usaunce, vahines, vainest, valines, vanners, versant, vinasse, waeness, wahines, wanders, wangles, waniest, wanness, wannest, wanters, wardens, warners, warrens, weakens, weaners, weapons, weasand, weasons, wessand, yarners, yawners, zanders, zaniest, zeatins, zenanas.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Sane


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 61 6E 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

...    .-    -.    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01100001 01101110 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#97 &#110 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0061 006E 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

53678071

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Quotations: Familiar
7. Quotations: Fiction
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Quotations: Spoken
10. Quotations: Speeches
11. Usage Frequency
12. Names: Frequency
13. Expressions
14. Expressions: Internet
15. Translations: Modern
16. Translations: Ancient
17. Abbreviations
18. Acronyms
19. Derivations
20. Rhymes
21. Anagrams
22. Orthography
23. Bibliography


  

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