Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of sound mind; sane.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of sound mind. See non compos mentis.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. (Law) Sane in mind; being of sound mind, memory, and understanding.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. of sound mind, memory, and understanding; in law, competent to go to trial
Etymologies
- Latin (Wiktionary)
- Latin : compos, having mastery of + mentis, genitive of mēns, mind. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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LATIN
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nemo me impune la..., in pace requiescat, fecundissmismus, aliquantus, abundantiam, sanctorum, incunabulis, audeamus, mediocritas, adequatio intelle..., communitatis, sapientiam and 20 more...
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Latinate
lorem ipsum, citius, altius, fortius, curriculum vitae, bona fide, terra nullius, habeas corpus, quidnunc, voir dire, emeritus, quincunx and 99 more...
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..............And Words Define Me.
echelon, skewiff, avuncular, dilettante, compos mentis, diaspora, effervescent, opprobrium, somnambulant, approbation, existentialism, solipsism and 15 more...
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in medias res, sine qua non, tempus fugit, ne plus ultra, mea culpa, a priori, actus reus, mens rea, vidi aquam, alea iacta est, annus mirabilis, annus horribilis and 67 more...
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Latin
ad astra per aspera, reductio ad absurdum, peccavi, ad hominem, mea culpa, sapere aude, ante bellum, ad nauseum, tabula rasa, modus operandi, non sequitur, sui generis and 14 more...
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Dead to the World, by Charlaine Harris
exsanguinate, perfunctorily, spate, poseurs, a snick and a snee, compos mentis, percale, insipid, cowed, perfidy, joie de vivre, proforma and 34 more...
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bilby Often found in the negative, non compos mentis, not in control of mental faculties. Apr 3, 2009