DEMENTED
ADJECTIVES
► BUGGY foolish, silly, witless, crazy, demented, insane, mentally deficient → 1905 Amer. dial.
► BUGS foolish, silly, crazy, demented, insane, mentally deficient → 1915 Amer. dial.
► DIPPY foolish, unstable, silly; crazy, demented → 1899 US sl.
► LOONY extremely erratic; mildly crazy, demented, foolish, silly → 1841 US sl.
► LOOPED ► LOOPED UP demented, crazy → 1960s US sl.
► NUTTY AS A CUCKOO crazy, demented, insane → 1922 Amer. dial.
► OFF ONE’S BEAN adj. crazy; demented → 1940s US sl.
► OFF ONE’S CHUMP crazy; demented → 1877 US sl.
► OFF ONE’S CONK crazy; demented → 1870 US sl.
► OFF ONE’S HEAD insane, crazy, demented → c1845 sl.
► OFF ONE’S NUT crazy, demented → 1873 sl.
► OFF ONE’S ROCKER crazy, demented → sl.
► OUT OF ONE’S TREE demented; crazy; mad → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► QUEERLY queer, odd; slightly demented → 1870 Eng. dial.
NOUNS – PERSON
► DEMENTO a demented person → 1977 US sl.
► NEWDLING ► NUDDLING a simpleton; a demented person → 1876 Eng. dial.
VERBS
► BEMENT to render demented → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► GET IT ON THE NERVE to be demented → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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