non compos

[ non kom-puhs ]

adjective

, Informal.

1. non compos mentis.

Word History and Origins

Origin of non compos¹

First recorded in 1620–30

Example Sentences

"This does not look like want of sensibility, or mens non compos," I said to the mother.

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She went on to describe her timid methods; she said she feared he was non compos, for he made no progress.

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I should laugh to see every lineament "going ahead," and art "non compos."

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The Templar affirmed, that the poor fellow was non compos; and exhorted the justice to discharge him as a lunatic.

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The case is the same, betwixt a king non compos mentis, and one who is nondum compos mentis; a distracted or an infant-king.

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