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单词 demented
释义 demented, ppl. a.|dɪˈmɛntɪd|
[f. dement v. + -ed1; corresp. to L. dēmentātus dementate.]
Out of one's mind, crazed, mad; infatuated.
1644J. Maxwell Sacr. Regum Maj. 105 Who can be so demented, as..to.. runne the hazard of totall ruine.1726De Foe Hist. Devil ii. x. (1840) 343 All their demented lunatic tricks.1828Scott F.M. Perth xii, Is the man demented?1885J. Payn Talk of Town II. 248 He threw himself out of the room like one demented.
b. Affected with dementia.
1858Copland Dict. Med. II. 462 Maniacs and monomaniacs are carried away..by illusions and hallucinations..the demented person neither imagines nor supposes anything.1878J. R. Reynolds Syst. Med. II. 33 There is a group of demented patients, in whom the mind is almost extinguished.1883Quain Dict. Med. s.v. Dementia, Fewer are left to reach the demented stage.
Hence deˈmentedly adv., deˈmentedness.
1891Melbourne Punch 4 June 365/4 Those behind..hurled themselves dementedly against those in front.1876G. Meredith Beauch. Career 228 A delusion amounting to dementedness.
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