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mental

[men-tl]

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adjective

of or pertaining to the mind: mental powers; mental suffering.

of, pertaining to, or affected by a disorder of the mind: a mental patient; mental illness.

providing care for persons with disordered minds, emotions, etc.: a mental hospital.

performed by or existing in the mind: mental arithmetic; a mental note.

pertaining to intellectuals or intellectual activity.

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Informal. slightly daft; out of one's mind; crazy: He's mental.

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Informal. a person with a psychological disorder: a fascist group made up largely of mentals.

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a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.

a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

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Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English < Late Latin mentālis, equivalent to Latin ment- (stem of mēns) mind + -ālis -al¹

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Depression is a physiologically based medical disorder which also has mental ramifications.

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adjective

of or pertaining to the chin.

Origin:
1720–30; < Latin ment(um) the chin (see mentum) + -al¹

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mental¹ (ˈmɛnt^əl)

—*adj*
1.	of or involving the mind or an intellectual process
2.	occurring only in the mind: mental calculations
3.	Preferred form: psychiatric affected by mental illness: a mental patient
4.	Preferred form: psychiatric concerned with care for persons with mental illness: a mental hospital
5.	slang insane

[C15: from Late Latin mentālis, from Latin mēns mind]

'mentally¹

—*adv*

mental² (ˈmɛnt^əl)

—*adj*
	anatomy Also: genial of or relating to the chin

[C18: from Latin mentum chin]

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Word Origin & History

mental

early 15c., from M.Fr. mental, from L.L. mentalis "of the mind," from L. mens (gen. mentis) "mind," from PIE base *men- "to think" (cf. Skt. matih "thought, mind," Goth. gamunds, O.E. gemynd "memory, remembrance," Mod.Eng. mind). Meaning "crazy, deranged" is from 1927.

American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

mental men·tal¹ (měn'tl)
adj.

Of or relating to the mind; intellectual.
Of, relating to, or affected by a disorder of the mind.
Intended for treatment of people affected with disorders of the mind.

mental ²
adj.
Of or relating to the chin.

Slang Dictionary

mental definition

mod.
mentally retarded. (Usually objectionable. Derogatory.) : The girl's mental. Leave her alone.
n.
a mentally retarded person. (Usually objectionable. Derogatory.) : He's a mental. He'll need some help.
n.
a stupid person. : You're such a mental lately.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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