insensé

See also: insense

French

Etymology

From in- +‎ sensé.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.sɑ̃.se/
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Adjective

insensé (feminine insensée, masculine plural insensés, feminine plural insensées)

insane, crazy
- 1959, Jacques Brel (lyrics and music), “Ne me quitte pas”:
  Je t’inventerai des mots insensés / Que tu comprendras
  I'll make up crazy words / That you'll understand
mindless, meaningless
Synonym: absurde
(colloquial) phenomenal

Further reading

“insensé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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