dementatingadj.

Brit.

/dᵻˈmɛnteɪtɪŋ/, U.S.

/dəˈmɛnˌteɪdɪŋ/,

/diˈmɛnˌteɪdɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dementate v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < dementate v. + -ing suffix².

Now rare.

= dementing adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [adjective] > insanity or madness > causing

mad1567

madding1592

extractinga1616

insanea1616

dementating1652

maddening1822

dementing1861

pathogenic1909

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 195 In the dementating furies of divination.

1716 M. Davies Diss. Physick 38 in Athenæ Britannicæ III Thinking the dementating Disaster of those young Ladies was caus'd..by their being drunk.

1844 Weekly Raleigh Reg. & N. Carolina Gaz. 23 Aug. This craving, this—what shall I call it—this dyspepsia, is assuming more and more the type of a sweeping and dementating epidemic.

1864 in Arch. Amer. Art Jrnl. (1965) 5 17/2 Her power as woman you may feel full well, Her strange, dementating, enchanting spell.

1867 Lancet 23 Feb. 249/1 Through these media the most impure and the most dementating ideas still circulate.

1906 A. Stringer Wire Tappers xxxi. 310 She had come to know..the morbid, dementating narrowness of mind, that made him what he was.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dementating
释义	dementatingadj. Brit. /dᵻˈmɛnteɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /dəˈmɛnˌteɪdɪŋ/, /diˈmɛnˌteɪdɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dementate v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < dementate v. + -ing suffix². Now rare. = dementing adj. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [adjective] > insanity or madness > causing mad1567 madding1592 extractinga1616 insanea1616 dementating1652 maddening1822 dementing1861 pathogenic1909 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 195 In the dementating furies of divination. 1716 M. Davies Diss. Physick 38 in Athenæ Britannicæ III Thinking the dementating Disaster of those young Ladies was caus'd..by their being drunk. 1844 Weekly Raleigh Reg. & N. Carolina Gaz. 23 Aug. This craving, this—what shall I call it—this dyspepsia, is assuming more and more the type of a sweeping and dementating epidemic. 1864 in Arch. Amer. Art Jrnl. (1965) 5 17/2 Her power as woman you may feel full well, Her strange, dementating, enchanting spell. 1867 Lancet 23 Feb. 249/1 Through these media the most impure and the most dementating ideas still circulate. 1906 A. Stringer Wire Tappers xxxi. 310 She had come to know..the morbid, dementating narrowness of mind, that made him what he was. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1652
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