mental

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   affected by a disorder of the mind

   a mental patient

2. 2
   adj

   involving the mind or an intellectual process

   mental images of happy times

3. 3
   adj

   of or relating to the mind

   mental powers

4. 4
   adj

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

   I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera,[…], the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis, the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!

5. 5
   adj

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

   a mental patient

6. 6
   adj

   Enjoyable or fun, especially in a frenetic way.

   That was a mental party last night.

7. 7
   adj

   Of or relating to telepathic or mind-reading powers.

   mental telepathy

8. 8
   noun

   State of mind; ellipsis of mental state.

   y'all need to fix your mentals

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.