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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

men·tal / ˈmentl/ • adj. 1. of or relating to the mind: mental faculties mental phenomena. ∎ carried out by or taking place in the mind: a quick mental calculation I started my mental journey. 2. of, relating to, or suffering from disorders or illnesses of the mind: a mental hospital. ∎ inf. insane; crazy: every time I'm five minutes late, they go mental. DERIVATIVES: men·tal·ly adv.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

mental1 pert. to the mind. XV. — (O)F. mental or late L. mentālis, f. mēns, ment- MIND; see -AL1.
Hence mentality XVII.

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mental2 pert. to the chin. XVIII. — F. mental, f. L. mentum chin; see -AL1.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

mental •battle, cattle, chattel, embattle, prattle, rattle, Seattle, tattle •fractal •cantle, covenantal, mantel, mantle, Prandtl •pastel • Fremantle • tittle-tattle •startle, stratal •Nahuatl •fettle, kettle, metal, mettle, nettle, petal, Popocatépetl, settle •dialectal, rectal •dental, gentle, mental, Oriental, parental, rental •transeptal •festal, vestal •gunmetal •antenatal, fatal, hiatal, natal, neonatal, ratel •beetle, betel, chital, decretal, fetal •blackbeetle •acquittal, belittle, brittle, committal, embrittle, it'll, kittle, little, remittal, skittle, spittle, tittle, victual, whittle •edictal, rictal •lintel, pintle, quintal •Bristol, Chrystal, crystal, pistol •varietal • coital • phenobarbital •orbital • pedestal • sagittal • vegetal •digital • skeletal • Doolittle •congenital, genital, primogenital, urogenital •capital • lickspittle • hospital • marital •entitle, mistitle, recital, requital, title, vital •subtitle • surtitle •axolotl, bottle, dottle, glottal, mottle, pottle, throttle, wattle •fontal, horizontal •hostel, intercostal, Pentecostal •greenbottle • bluebottle • Aristotle •chortle, immortal, mortal, portal •Borstal •anecdotal, sacerdotal, teetotal, total •coastal, postal •subtotal •brutal, footle, pootle, refutal, rootle, tootle •buttle, cuttle, rebuttal, scuttle, shuttle, subtle, surrebuttal •buntal, contrapuntal, frontal •crustal • societal • pivotal •hurtle, kirtle, myrtle, turtle

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