dement
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Definition of dement
5 senses · 4 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
- (archaic)Demented.
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adj
- (archaic)Demented.
verb
- (transitive)To make (someone) demented; to drive mad.
- (intransitive)To show signs of dementia; to develop dementia.
noun
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(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.”
name
- A surname.
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Vulgar Latin dē Vulgar Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *méntis Proto-Italic *mentis Vulgar Latin mēns Vulgar Latin dēmēns…
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Vulgar Latin dē Vulgar Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *méntis Proto-Italic *mentis Vulgar Latin mēns Vulgar Latin dēmēns Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Vulgar 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”).
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