Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Mental impairment; state of being mentally handicapped.

    Amentia, Schwachsinn

    слабоу́миеslaboúmije, аме́нцияaméncija

More definitions
  • extreme mental retardation

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
the state of being mentally handicapped:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the state of being mentally handicapped:

Origin

From Latin āmentia (“madness; senselessness”), from āmēns (“mad, insane; foolish”), from a

From Latin āmentia (“madness; senselessness”), from āmēns (“mad, insane; foolish”), from ab (“from, away from”) + mēns (“mind”).

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Forms

plural: amentias
Singularamentia
Pluralamentias

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • extreme mental retardation:idiocy

Word family

2 related words
Relateddementia
Derivedamential

See also

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