feeble-minded
adjEtymology
Etymology tree Anglo-Norman feblebor. Middle English feble English feeble English mind English -ed English minded English feeble-minded
- derived from feblebor
Definitions
Weak in intellectual power
Weak in intellectual power; lacking firmness or constancy; lacking intelligence.
- Wading through history, he noted that some eugenicists believed that the “distinction between the fit and the unfit could be drawn along racial lines,” and others would define a person as “feeble-minded.”
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Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for feeble-minded. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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