compos mentis
Americanadjective
adjective
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of compos mentis
Literally, “being in full possession of one's mind”
Example Sentences
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“What she did was engage with veterans when they were still alive and compos mentis,” Hew Strachan, a noted British military historian, said in an interview.
From Washington Post
And a president who was compos mentis never would have made the nonsensical claim that the United States had more covid-19 cases than other countries only because we did more testing.
From Washington Post
He was also said to have been compos mentis — or sound of mind — until just before his death.
From Fox News
Discussing the song, he quickly notes that “nincompoop” is derived from the Latin phrase “non compos mentis” meaning “not of sound mind.”
From Los Angeles Times
A North East hospital consultant describes how perfectly compos mentis patients often could not name John Major.
From BBC
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