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Mongolian idiocy

noun

, (often lowercase)
  1. (no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) Down syndrome.


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  • Mongolian idiot noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Mongolian idiocy1

First recorded in 1890–95

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