Destitute of strength, whether of body or mind; feeble; impotent; esp., mentally wea; feeble-minded; as, hospitals for the imbecile and insane.
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of Retard
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of Retard
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Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance;…
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A person of weak intellect; a silly person.
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Having the characteristics of a cretin.
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Having the characteristics of a cretin.
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One who, or that which, is left or taken in the place of another, as a child exchanged by fairies.
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One afflicted with cretinism.
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A foolish; a dolt; a blockhead; a dunce.
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A man in private station, as distinguished from one holding a public office.
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Alt. of Idiotical
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To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of…
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