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dement en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /diˈmɛnt/ (General-American)
  • /dɪˈmɛnt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /dəˈmɛnt/ (General-American)

Etymology

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 Borrowed from Middle French dement, from Latin demens; verb from Vulgar Latin dementare (“to deceive; to drive mad”), also from Latin dēmēns (“demented, mad”).

Meanings

  1. (archaic) Demented.

Forms

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most dement Degree=Sup lexicographic
more dement Degree=Cmp lexicographic

dement en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /diˈmɛnt/ (General-American)
  • /dɪˈmɛnt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /dəˈmɛnt/ (General-American)

Etymology

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 Borrowed from Middle French dement, from Latin demens; verb from Vulgar Latin dementare (“to deceive; to drive mad”), also from Latin dēmēns (“demented, mad”).

Meanings

  1. (archaic) Someone afflicted with dementia.
    • The patients are more or less chronic dements, sufficiently harmless and trustworthy to be employed in farm labour and sufficiently intelligent to be of use. 1921, Montagu Lomax, The Experiences of an Asylum Doctor, London: Allen & Unwin, page 115:

Forms

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dements Number=Plur lexicographic

dement en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /diˈmɛnt/ (General-American)
  • /dɪˈmɛnt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /dəˈmɛnt/ (General-American)

Etymology

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 Borrowed from Middle French dement, from Latin demens; verb from Vulgar Latin dementare (“to deceive; to drive mad”), also from Latin dēmēns (“demented, mad”).

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To make (someone) demented; to drive mad.
  2. (intransitive) To show signs of dementia; to develop dementia.

Forms

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dementing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
demented Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
demented Tense=Past lexicographic
dements Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

dementor

Relateds

dementation