Definition of Demented

1. Adjective. Affected with madness or insanity. "A man who had gone mad"

Exact synonyms: Brainsick, Crazy, Disturbed, Mad, Sick, Unbalanced, Unhinged
Similar to: Insane
Derivative terms: Craze, Craziness, Dementedness, Madness, Sick

Definition of Demented

1. a. Insane; mad; of unsound mind.

Definition of Demented

1. Adjective. Insane or mentally ill. ¹

2. Adjective. Suffering from dementia. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Demented

1. dement [v] - See also: dement

Medical Definition of Demented

1. Suffering from dementia. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Demented

demeanor
demeanors
demeanour
demeanours
demeans
demeanure
demeanures
demecarium bromide
demeclocycline
demeclocycline hydrochloride
demecolcine
demency
dement
dementate
dementation
demented (current term)
dementedly
dementedness
dementednesses
dementi
dementia
dementia-nuchal dystonia
dementia paralytica
dementia paranoides
dementia praecox
dementia pugilistica
demential
dementialike
dementias
dementing

Literary usage of Demented

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1903)
"Tent Life for the demented and Uncleanly.—Twenty patients were selected of whom 60 per cent, were bed-ridden and most of them stupid and demented with no ..."

2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1903)
"Tent Life for the demented and Uncleanly.—Twenty patients were selected of whom 60 per cent, were bed-ridden and most of them stupid and demented with no ..."

3. The Unsound Mind and the Law: A Presentation of Forensic Psychiatry by George W. Jacoby (1918)
"In accordance with the dominance of individual symptoms, paresis may be divided into four distinct classes, as follows: the demented, the depressive, ..."

4. The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster (1872)
"... which I saw ' last night, he says " What do the papers mean by saying '"that Charles is demented, and further, that he has '" turned roman-catholic ? ..."

5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"If, however, he has sinned and thus demented, it is clear that, to demerit, the liberty of indifference is not requisite, and what is said of demerit must ..."

6. Handbook of the Roman Law by Ferdinand Mackeldey, Moses Aaron Dropsie (1883)
"The curator named has not only to care for the management of the estate, but also for the restoration of the demented's health.4 If the demented have lucid ..."

7. Criminology by Maurice Parmelee (1918)
"CHAPTER XII PSYCHOPATHIC CRIMINALS The borderline between amentia and normal mentality — The borderline between amentia and dementia and insanity- demented ..."

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