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Still, she sometimes has tarried with us for a long while, and she is understood to have some property in the house-furniture, so it seems natural to consider the place her home From the first it appeared obvious to all that the dementedness which characterised the little wizened yellow-faced woman was of a much more pronounced type than Con the Quare One's.

—Strangers at Lisconnel

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The state of being demented. It is named by Pinel dementia or démence, dementedness. Pritchard, Cyc. Pract. Med.

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This couple is amazingly sexy, as she carries an exotic flair and a charming accent, and he has a thoughtful dementedness that I appreciate. — At Longing's End
Still, she sometimes has tarried with us for a long while, and she is understood to have some property in the house-furniture, so it seems natural to consider the place her home From the first it appeared obvious to all that the dementedness which characterised the little wizened yellow-faced woman was of a much more pronounced type than Con the Quare One's. — Strangers at Lisconnel
Mallard had got the vertigo, he reported the gambler's launch on dementedness to the earl. — The Amazing Marriage — Volume 5
His infatuation, nevertheless, appeared to Rosamund utter dementedness, considering this woman's position, and Cecilia — Beauchamp's Career — Volume 5
Rosamund utter dementedness, considering this woman's position, and — Beauchamp's Career — Complete