DEMENTED

brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged

(adjective) affected with madness or insanity; “a man who had gone mad”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

demented (comparative more demented, superlative most demented)

Insane or mentally ill.

Suffering from dementia.

(informal) Crazy; ridiculous.

Verb

demented

simple past tense and past participle of dement

Source: Wiktionary


De*ment"ed, a. Etym: [From Dement.]

Definition: Insane; mad; of unsound mind.

– De*ment"ed*ness, n.

DEMENT

De*ment", v. t. Etym: [L. dementare, fr. demens, -mentis, out of one's mind, mad; de + mens mind. See Mental, and cf. Dementate.]

Definition: To deprive of reason; to make mad. [R.] Bale.

De*ment", a. Etym: [L. demens, -mentis.]

Definition: Demented; dementate. [R.] J. H. Newman.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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