Mongolian idiocy

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(no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) Down syndrome.

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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

First recorded in 1890–95

Mongolian idiot, noun

The present will dish up plenty of its own idiocy to hold our attention.
Let’s Not Forget: We Were All Teenagers Once|Russell Saunders|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And a successful two-term Governor of a state where the balloting incompetence and idiocy is absolutely vital to the GOP.
Why 2016’s Hopefuls Are Hopeless|P. J. O’Rourke|November 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“I think it comes from idiocy and cowardice,” said Whedon of the female superhero problem.
Fear of a Minority Superhero: Marvel's Obsession with White Guys Saving the World|Marlow Stern|August 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On The View, while she leads the show, she sat apart from the more hysterical caterwauling and general idiocy around her.
Is There Life Left in ‘The View’?|Tim Teeman|June 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Under Mongolian law, any fossil specimen found in the Gobi Desert must stay in the possession of a Mongolian institution.
Stopping the Million-Dollar Fossil Thieves: Illegal Trade Meets World of Insatiable Research|Scott Bixby|June 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To this day Jean Kostka does not seem conscious of any element of idiocy in the variation of the old-fashioned name.
Devil-Worship in France|Arthur Edward Waite
Inexhaustibly kind to undeserved misfortune, a little impatient of mere incompetence, implacable to continuous idiocy.
The Creators|May Sinclair
The sight he was looking on would have sent three men out of five into gibbering idiocy.
With Edged Tools|Henry Seton Merriman
The Tartars belong more especially to two distinct races, the Caucasian and the Mongolian.
Michael Strogoff|Jules Verne
The Tibetans themselves are a strong, well-built and hardy race—Mongolian in type.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921|Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury