adj
Meaning 1
Insane; mentally ill.
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adj
Insane; mentally ill.
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adj
Having dementia.
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adj
Crazy; ridiculous.
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Usage: informal
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verb
simple past and past participle of dement
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Usage: form-of, participle, past
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adjective satellite
affected with madness or insanity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: brainsick, crazy, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *méntis Proto-Italic *mentis Latin mēns Latin dēmēns Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Vulgar Latin dēmentōder. English dement Old English -ed ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English demented Past participle of dement + -ed, from Latin dēmentāre.
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