menticulture|ˈmɛntɪkʌltjʊə(r)| [f. L. menti-, mens mind + cultūra culture, after agriculture.] The cultivation of the mind. 1830Maunder Treas.Knowl. i, Menticulture, improvement of the mind.1895Hor. Fletcher (title) Menticulture or the A-B-C of true living.