mental
Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.
Adjective 4 meanings
Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.
Of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder.
“a mental patient”
Enjoyable or fun, especially in a frenetic way.
“That was a mental party last night.”
Of or relating to telepathic or mind-reading powers.
“mental telepathy”
Noun 1 meaning
A plate or scale covering the mentum or chin of a fish or reptile.
Etymology
Borrowing from Middle French mental, from Late Latin mentālis, from mēns (“mind, disposition; heart, soul”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
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MENTAL at a glance
MENTAL has 6 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (M 3 + E 1 + N 1 + T 1 + A 1 + L 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,521 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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