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men⋅tal

1  [men-tl]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to the mind: mental powers; mental suffering.
2. of, pertaining to, or affected by a disorder of the mind: a mental patient; mental illness.
3. providing care for persons with disordered minds, emotions, etc.: a mental hospital.
4. performed by or existing in the mind: mental arithmetic; a mental note.
5. pertaining to intellectuals or intellectual activity.
6. Informal. slightly daft; out of one's mind; crazy: He's mental.
–noun
7. Informal. a person with a psychological disorder: a fascist group made up largely of mentals.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < LL mentālis, equiv. to L ment- (s. of mēns) mind + -ālis -al 1

men⋅tal

2  [men-tl]
–adjective
of or pertaining to the chin.
Origin:
1720–30; < L ment(um) the chin (see mentum ) + -al 1
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men·tal 1   (měn'tl)   
adj.  
  1. Of or relating to the mind; intellectual: mental powers.
  2. Executed or performed by the mind; existing in the mind: mental images of happy times.
  3. Of, relating to, or affected by a disorder of the mind.
  4. Intended for treatment of people affected with disorders of the mind.
  5. Of or relating to telepathy or mind reading.
  6. Slang
    1. Emotionally upset; crazed: got mental when he saw the dent in his new car.
    2. Offensive Slang Mentally or psychologically disturbed.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin mentālis, from Latin mēns, ment-, mind; see men-1 in Indo-European roots.]
men'tal·ly adv.
men·tal 2   (měn'tl)   
adj.  Of or relating to the chin.

[From Latin mentum, chin; see men-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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Mental

Men"tal\, a. [L. mentum the chin.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the chin; genian; as, the mental nerve; the mental region.

Mental

Men"tal\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A plate or scale covering the mentum or chin of a fish or reptile.

Mental

Men"tal\, a. [F., fr. L. mentalis, fr. mens, mentis, the mind; akin to E. mind. See Mind.] Of or pertaining to the mind; intellectual; as, mental faculties; mental operations, conditions, or exercise.

What a mental power This eye shoots forth! --Shak.

Mental alienation, insanity.

Mental arithmetic, the art or practice of solving arithmetical problems by mental processes, unassisted by written figures.
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Spanish: mental,
German: seelisch,
Japanese: 心の
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mental 
c.1422, 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. Mentality formed in Eng. 1691.
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Main Entry: 1men·tal
Pronunciation: 'ment-&l
Function: adjective
1 a : of or relating to the mind;specifically : of or relating to the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality b : of or relating to intellectual as contrastedwith emotional activity
2 a : of, relating to, or affected with a mental disorder mental patient> b : intended for the care or treatment of personsaffected by mental disorders <mental hospitals> mental nurse —Trained Nurse &Hospital Rev.> —men·tal·ly /-&l-E/ adverb

Main Entry: 2mental
Function: adjective
: of or relating to the chin : GENIAL
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mental men·tal1 (měn'tl)
adj.

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

mental 2
adj.
Of or relating to the chin.

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