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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
mentalist en · ADJ
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Proto-Indo-European *men-
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *mn̥tós
Proto-Italic *məntom
Latin mentum
English -al
English mental
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
English mentalist
From mental + -ist.
Meanings
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Of or relating to mentalism
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mentalist en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *men-
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *mn̥tós
Proto-Italic *məntom
Latin mentum
English -al
English mental
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
English mentalist
From mental + -ist.
Meanings
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A practitioner of mentalism.
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(UK, slang) An insane person.
In front a staff sergeant with the new Royal Caledonians was gassing about Scullion and the regiment. 'And this major's a total fucking mentalist,' he said. 'What's mental about him?' asked the lance corporal beside him.
2015, Andrew O'Hagan, The Illuminations, →ISBN, page 39:1997, I'm Alan Partridge (TV series), To Kill a Mocking Alan
Jed Maxwell: See you next week then. We'll have that pint.
Alan Partridge: Yep.
Jed Maxwell: ...go and see my brother.
Alan Partridge: No way, you big spastic! You're a mentalist!
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Deriveds
mentalistic
Translations (5)
cs mentalista (practitioner of mentalism) · sv tankeläsare (practitioner of mentalism) · ru ментали́ст (practitioner of mentalism) · pl mentalista (practitioner of mentalism) · pl mentalistka (practitioner of mentalism)