ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

500. Sage -- N. sage, wise man; genius; master mind, master spirit of the age; longhead † ,
thinker; intellectual, longhair.
authority, oracle, luminary, shining light, esprit fort, magnus Apollo [Lat.], Solon,
Solomon, Nestor, Magi, second Daniel.
man of learning &c 492; expert &c 700; wizard &c 994.
wiseacre [Iron.], bigwig, know-it-all; poor man's Einstein.
Adj. venerable, reverenced, emeritus.
Phr. barba tenus sapientes [Lat.].
501. Fool -- N. fool, idiot, tomfool, wiseacre, simpleton, witling † , dizzard † , donkey, ass;
ninny, ninnyhammer † ; chowderhead † , chucklehead † ; dolt, booby, Tom Noddy, looby † ,
hoddy-doddy † , noddy, nonny, noodle, nizy † , owl; goose, goosecap † ; imbecile; gaby † ;
radoteur † , nincompoop, badaud † , zany; trifler, babbler; pretty fellow; natural, niais † .
child, baby, infant, innocent, milksop, sop.
oaf, lout, loon, lown † , dullard, doodle, calf, colt, buzzard, block, put, stick, stock,
numps † , tony.
bull head, dunderhead, addlehead † , blockhead, dullhead † , loggerhead, jolthead † ,
jolterhead † , beetlehead † , beetlebrain, grosshead † , muttonhead, noodlehead, giddyhead † ;
numbskull, thickskull † ; lackbrain † , shallowbrain † ; dimwit, halfwit, lackwit † ; dunderpate † ;
lunkhead sawney [U.S.], gowk † ; clod, clod-hopper; clod-poll, clot-poll, clot-pate; bull
calf; gawk, Gothamite, lummox, rube [U.S.]; men of Boeotia, wise men of Gotham.
un sot a triple etage [Fr.], sot; jobbernowl † , changeling, mooncalf, gobemouche † .
dotard, driveler; old fogey, old woman, crock; crone, grandmother; cotquean † ,
henhussy † .
incompetent (insanity) 503.
greenhorn &c (dupe) 547; dunce &c (ignoramus) 493; lubber &c (bungler) 701;
madman &c 504.
one who will not set the Thames on fire; one who did not invent gunpowder, qui n'a
pas invente' la poudre [Fr.]; no conjuror.
Phr. fortuna favet fatuis [Lat.]; les fous font les festinas et les sages les mangent [Fr.];
nomina stultorum parietibus harrent [Lat.]; stultorum plena sunt omnia [Lat.] [Cicero].
502. Sanity -- N. sanity; soundness &c adj.; rationality, sobriety, lucidity, lucid interval;
senses, sober senses, right mind, sound mind, mens sana [Lat.].
V. be sane &c adj.; retain one's senses, retain one's reason.
become sane &c adj.; come to one's senses, sober down.
render sane &c adj.; bring to one's senses, sober.
Adj. sane, rational, reasonable, compos mentis, of sound mind; sound, sound-minded;
lucid.
self-possessed; sober, sober-minded.
in one's sober senses, in one's right mind; in possession of one's faculties.
Adv. sanely &c adj..
503. Insanity -- N. disordered reason, disordered intellect; diseased mind, unsound mind,
abnormal mind; derangement, unsoundness; psychosis; neurosis; cognitive disorder;
affective disorder † .