démenti

[ dey-mahn-tee; French dey-mahn-tee ]

noun

, plural dé·men·tis [dey-, mahn, -teez, dey-mah, n, -, tee].

1. an official denial by a government of actions, aims, etc., ascribed to it.

Word History and Origins

Origin of démenti¹

First recorded in 1585–95; from French: literally, “contradiction,” noun use of past participle of démentir “to deny,” Old French desmentir, from des- dis- ¹ + mentir “to lie” (from Latin mentīrī )

Example Sentences

Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementi fuit—No great genius is ever without some tincture of madness.

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Humanum genus ad Adventum Domini vexabatur furore dementi, rumpens vincula rationis.

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"Non est magnum ingenium, sine mixtura dementi," observed Mnard.

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