mentalとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Middle French mental, from Late Latin mentālis (“of the mind, mental”), from Latin mēns (“the mind”).

形容詞

mental (comparative more mental, superlative most mental)

1. Of or relating to the mind or an intellectual process.
   • 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter VI, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326:

     “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—!"

   • 2013 July 19, Ian Sample, “Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 34:

     Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits.  ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.

2. (colloquial, comparable, Britain, dated in the US) Insane, mad, crazy.

   He is the most mental freshman I've seen yet.

   He went mental on us.

3. (colloquial, Britain, comparable) Enjoyable or fun, especially in a frenetic way.

   That was a mental party last night.

派生語

語源 2

1720-30; from Latin mentum (“chin”) + -al.

形容詞

mental (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw, genial.

   Synonyms: genial, genian

   the mental nerve;  the mental region

2. (biology) Of or relating to the chin-like or lip-like structure.

派生語

名詞

mental (複数形 mentals)

1. (zoology) A plate or scale covering the mentum or chin of a fish or reptile.

Further reading

• mental in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• mental in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911.

アナグラム

• Lament., Mantle, lament, manlet, mantel, mantle