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FEEBLE-MINDEDNESS

\fˈiːbə͡lmˈa͡ɪndɪdnəs], \fˈiːbə‍lmˈa‍ɪndɪdnəs], \f_ˈiː_b_əl_m_ˈaɪ_n_d_ɪ_d_n_ə_s]\

Definitions of FEEBLE-MINDEDNESS

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language

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1. Mental deficiency due to arrested mental development; it includes the three grades of idiocy, imbecility, and morosis. 2. The highest grade of mental deficiency, morosis; this use of the word is being gradually abandoned.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

The state of being feeble-minded.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

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