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   demented

   /dɪˈmɛntɪd/

   adjective

   • 1. behaving wildly and irrationally on account of anger, distress, or excitement: British "she was demented with worry"
   • 2. affected with dementia.

   Word Origin mid 17th century: past participle of earlier dement ‘drive mad’, from Old French dementer or late Latin dementare, from demens ‘out of one's mind’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. dementedly adverb
   • 2. dementedness noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

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