demented
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Past participle of dement, from Latin dēmentāre.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
demented (comparative more demented, superlative most demented)
- Insane or mentally ill.
- 2012 August 5, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “I Love Lisa” (season 4, episode 15; originally aired 02/11/1993)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1]:
- So while Ralph generally seems to inhabit a different, more glorious and joyful universe than everyone else here his yearning and heartbreak are eminently relateable. Ralph sometimes appears to be a magically demented sprite who has assumed the form of a boy, but he’s never been more poignantly, nakedly, movingly human than he is here.
- Suffering from dementia.
- (informal) Crazy; ridiculous.
- c. 1990, How to Play Super C (PDF) (instruction manual), Konami, page 4:
- One of these new recruits is Jagger Froid, a demented alien from the Black Hole Galaxy, who dishes out punishment with a laser-sharp tongue.
- a demented idea
- c. 1990, How to Play Super C (PDF) (instruction manual), Konami, page 4:
Translations[edit]
insane or mentally ill
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suffering from dementia
Verb[edit]
demented
- simple past tense and past participle of dement
See also[edit]
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