dement
dement · more dement · most dement
DementedDemented.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
UK/dɪˈmɛnt/US/dəˈmɛnt/
Meaning
1 senses(archaic)Demented.
Origin
Borrowed from Middle French dement, from Latin demens; verb from Vulgar Latin dementare (“Borrowed from Middle French dement, from Latin demens; verb from Vulgar Latin dementare (“to deceive; to drive mad”), also from Latin dēmēns (“demented, mad”).
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Forms
more dement, most dement| Comparative | more dement Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most dement Lesson |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
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