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Mongolian idiocy


noun (often lowercase) Pathology.

(no longer in technical use) 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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