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non compos

adjective as in non compos mentis

noun as in insane person

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Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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