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de·ment·ed

   [dih-men-tid]
adjective
1.
crazy; insane; mad.
2.
affected with dementia.
Origin:
1635–45; dement + -ed2

Related forms
de·ment·ed·ly, adverb
de·ment·ed·ness, noun
half-de·ment·ed, adjective
sem·i·de·ment·ed, adjective

Synonyms
1. lunatic, crazed, deranged, unbalanced.

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de·ment

   [dih-ment]
verb (used with object) Obsolete.
to make mad or insane.
Origin:
1535–45; < Late Latin dēmentāre to deprive of mind, equivalent to Latin dēment- (stem of dēmēns) out of one's mind (dē- de- + ment- (stem of mēns) mind) + -āre infinitive suffix
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demented (dɪˈmɛntɪd)
 
—adj
mad; insane
 
de'mentedly
 
—adv
 
de'mentedness
 
—n

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demented
1640s, from obsolete dement "drive mad."
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dement
1540s, "to drive mad," probably from M.Fr. dementer, from L.L. dementare "out of one's mind," from phrase de mente, from de + mente, ablative of mens mind" (see mind (n.)).
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Medical Dictionary

demented de·ment·ed (dĭ-měn'tĭd)
adj.

  1. Mentally ill; insane.

  2. Suffering from dementia.

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demented definition


Yet another term of disgust used to describe a program. The connotation in this case is that the program works as designed, but the design is bad. Said, for example, of a program that generates large numbers of meaningless error messages, implying that it is on the brink of imminent collapse.
[Jargon File]
(1994-12-07)

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