mental

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Relating to the mind or to thinking.

   Solving puzzles is good mental exercise.

2. 2
   adj

   Relating to or affected by an illness of the mind.

   The clinic specializes in mental health care.

Common collocations

• mental health Adjective + noun
• mental picture Adjective + noun
• mental state Adjective + noun

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.

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