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demented

English

Etymology

Past participle of dement, from Latin d?ment?re.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d??m?nt?d/

Adjective

demented (comparative more demented, superlative most demented)

  1. Insane or mentally ill.
  2. Suffering from dementia.
  3. (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

Translations

Verb

demented

  1. simple past tense and past participle of dement

See also

  • mentally ill

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lunacy

English

Etymology

From lunatic +? -cy.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?lu?.n?.si /, /?lju?.n?.si/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?lu?.n?.si /

Noun

lunacy (countable and uncountable, plural lunacies)

  1. (of a person or group of people) The state of being mad, insanity
    1. a cyclical mental disease, apparently linked to the lunar phases
    2. insanity implying legal irresponsibility.
  2. Something deeply misguided.

Synonyms

  • (state of being mad): insanity, madness, craziness, craze

Translations

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