Meaning

1 senses

  1. (archaic)Someone afflicted with dementia.

Examples

9 sentences

  1. Tom is demented.

    Том розумово відсталий. — deniko

    deTom ist verrückt. — Dejo

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  2. I'm not demented.

    Я не розумово відсталий. — deniko

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  3. Tom looks demented.

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  4. I think that Tom is demented.

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  5. Mary is becoming demented.

    deMaria wird dement. — list

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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

plural: dements
Singulardement
Pluraldements

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
demeandemeanordemeanourdementiademigoddemiseC1
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