Meanings
comparative more mentalist · superlative most mentalist
- Of or relating to mentalism.
plural mentalists
- A practitioner of mentalism.
- UKslangAn insane person.
1997, I'm Alan Partridge (TV series), To Kill a Mocking Alan Jed Maxwell: See you next week then. We'll have that pint. Alan Partridge: Yep. Jed Maxwell: ...go and see my brother. Alan Partridge: No way, you big spastic! You're a mentalist!
1 more example
In front a staff sergeant with the new Royal Caledonians was gassing about Scullion and the regiment. 'And this major's a total fucking mentalist,' he said. 'What's mental about him?' asked the lance corporal beside him.
2015, Andrew O'Hagan, The Illuminations, →ISBN, page 39
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*men-
- Proto-Indo-European*méntis
- Proto-Italic*mentis
- Latinmēns
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Late Latinmentāli
- Middle Frenchmenta
- Englishmental
- Englishmentalist
Translations
Czech mentalista
- mentalistapractitioner of mentalism
Polish mentalista, mentalistka
- mentalistapractitioner of mentalism
- mentalistkapractitioner of mentalism
Russian ментали́ст
- ментали́ст (mentalíst)practitioner of mentalism
Swedish tankeläsare
- tankeläsarepractitioner of mentalism
Cite this entry
mentalist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mentalist
“mentalist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mentalist. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mentalist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mentalist.
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