mental

adj
/ˈmɛn.təl/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *mn̥tós Proto-Italic *məntom Latin mentum Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English mental c. 1727, from Latin mentum (“the chin”) + -al.

  1. derived from mentālis
  2. borrowed from mental

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response…

    Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.

  2. Of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder.

    • a mental patient
  3. Enjoyable or fun, especially in a frenetic way.

    • That was a mental party last night.
  4. + 6 more definitions
    1. Of or relating to telepathic or mind-reading powers.

      • mental telepathy
    2. State of mind

      State of mind; ellipsis of mental state.

      • y'all need to fix your mentals
    3. A mentally challenged person.

    4. Of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw, genial.

      • the mental nerve, the mental region
    5. Of or relating to the chinlike or liplike structure.

    6. A plate or scale covering the mentum or chin of a fish or reptile.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at mental. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01mental02individual03human04homo05homosexual06sex07sexuality08sexual09sexed10libido

A definitional loop anchored at mental. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at mental

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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