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Mongolian idiocy

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noun (often lowercase)Pathology.
(no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) Down syndrome.
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Origin of Mongolian idiocy

First recorded in 1890–95

OTHER WORDS FROM Mongolian idiocy

Mongolian idiot, noun
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