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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MEN'TAL, a. Pertaining to the mind; intellectual; as mental faculties; mental operations; mental sight; mental taste.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: involving the mind or an intellectual process; "mental images of happy times"; "mental calculations"; "in a terrible mental state"; "mental suffering"; "free from mental defects" [ant: physical]
2: of or relating to the mind; "mental powers"; "mental development"; "mental hygiene"
3: of or relating to the chin- or liplike structure in insects and certain mollusks
4: of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw [syn: genial, mental]
5: affected by a disorder of the mind; "a mental patient"; "mental illness"

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin mentalis, from Latin ment-, mens mind — more at mind Date: 15th century 1. a. of or relating to the mind; specifically of or relating to the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality <mental health> b. of or relating to intellectual as contrasted with emotional activity c. of, relating to, or being intellectual as contrasted with overt physical activity d. occurring or experienced in the mind ; inner <mental anguish> e. relating to the mind, its activity, or its products as an object of study ; ideological f. relating to spirit or idea as opposed to matter 2. a. (1) of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder <a mental patient> <mental illness> (2) mentally disordered ; mad, crazy b. intended for the care or treatment of persons affected by psychiatric disorders <mental hospitals> 3. of or relating to telepathic or mind-reading powers • mentally adverb II. adjective Etymology: Latin mentum chin — more at mouth Date: circa 1727 of or relating to the chin ; genial

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. 1 of or in the mind. 2 done by the mind. 3 colloq. a insane. b crazy, wild, eccentric (is mental about pop music). --n. colloq. a mental patient. Phrases and idioms: mental age the degree of a person's mental development expressed as an age at which the same degree is attained by an average person. mental arithmetic arithmetic performed in the mind. mental asylum (or home or hospital or institution) an establishment for the care of mental patients. mental cruelty the infliction of suffering on another's mind, esp. Law as grounds for divorce. mental defective esp. US a person with impaired mental abilities. mental deficiency imperfect mental development leading to abnormally low intelligence. mental illness a disorder of the mind. mental nurse a nurse dealing with mentally ill patients. mental patient a sufferer from mental illness. mental reservation a qualification tacitly added in making a statement etc. Derivatives: mentally adv. Etymology: ME f. OF mental or LL mentalis f. L mens -ntis mind

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mental Men"tal, a. [L. mentum the chin.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the chin; genian; as, the mental nerve; the mental region.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mental Men"tal, n. (Zo["o]l.) A plate or scale covering the mentum or chin of a fish or reptile.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mental Men"tal, a. [F., fr. L. mentalis, fr. mens, mentis, the mind; akin to E. mind. See Mind.] Of or pertaining to the mind; intellectual; as, mental faculties; mental operations, conditions, or exercise. What a mental power This eye shoots forth! --Shak. Mental alienation, insanity. Mental arithmetic, the art or practice of solving arithmetical problems by mental processes, unassisted by written figures.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Mental means relating to the process of thinking. ...the mental development of children. ...intensive mental effort. ADJ: ADJ n • mentally I think you are mentally tired... Physically I might not have been overseas but mentally and spiritually I was with them. ADV: ADV adj/adv, ADV with v, ADV with cl 2. Mental means relating to the state or the health of a person's mind. The mental state that had created her psychosis was no longer present. ...mental health problems. ADJ: ADJ n • mentally ...an inmate who is mentally disturbed. ...the needs of the mentally ill and the mentally handicapped. ADV: usu ADV with cl/group, also ADV after v 3. A mental act is one that involves only thinking and not physical action. Practise mental arithmetic when you go out shopping... ADJ: ADJ n • mentally This technique will help people mentally organize information. ADV: ADV with v 4. If you say that someone is mental, you mean that you think they are mad. (BRIT INFORMAL) I just said to him 'you must be mental'. = crazy, mad ADJ [disapproval] 5. If you make a mental note of something, you make an effort to store it in your memory so that you will not forget it. She made a mental note to have his prescription refilled. PHRASE: V inflects, PHR of n, PHR to-inf

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Intellectual, ideal.

Moby Thesaurus

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