Demented
(adjective)
- Suffering from severe mental illness, especially dementia.
- Acting in a crazy or irrational way.
Origin:
From old french dementer, from latin dementare, "to drive out of one"s mind".
Examples:
- The patient was diagnosed as being demented.
- The old man's behavior had become increasingly demented.
- The criminal's actions were those of a demented mind.
- The patient's dementia caused him to become demented.
- The patient's behavior was so demented, it was hard to talk to him.