Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- Not of sound mind; not having the regular use of reason; hence, also, as a noun, an idiot; a lunatic; one devoid of reason, either by nature or from accident.
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- adjective Alternative form of
non compos mentis .
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