Definitions for dementeddɪˈmɛn tɪd

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

de•ment•eddɪˈmɛn tɪd(adj.)

  1. crazy; insane; mad.

  2. affected with dementia.

Origin of demented:

1635–45

de•ment′ed•ness(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick, unbalanced, unhinged(adj)

    affected with madness or insanity

    "a man who had gone mad"

Wiktionary

  1. demented(Adjective)

    Insane or mentally ill.

  2. demented(Adjective)

    Suffering from dementia.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Demented(adj)

    insane; mad; of unsound mind

The New Hacker's Dictionary

  1. demented

    Yet another term of disgust used to describe a malfunctioning program. The connotation in this case is that the program works as designed, but the design is bad. Said, for example, of a program that generates large numbers of meaningless error messages, implying that it is on the brink of imminent collapse. Compare wonky, brain-damaged, bozotic.


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