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imbecility
imbecility (ɪmbɪˈsɪlɪtɪ) Forms: 6–7 imbecillitie, -ilitie, 6–8 -illity, 7– -ility; (6 -yllyte, -ite, -illyte, -bicillitye, 7 -besilitie). [a. F. imbécillité (14th c. in Littré), ad. L. imbēcillitātem, n. of quality f. imbēcillus, -is, imbecile. For the single l, see note to the adj.] The condition o...
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Imbecile
The meaning was further refined into mental and moral imbecility. The concepts of "moral insanity", "moral idiocy", and "moral imbecility" led to the emerging field of eugenic criminology, which held that crime can be
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imbecility
imbecility/ˌɪmbəˈsɪlətɪ; ˌɪmbə`sɪlətɪ/ n1 [U] stupidity 愚蠢.2 [C] stupid act, remark, etc 愚蠢的行为、 言语等.
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imbecilitate
imbecilitate, v. (ɪmbɪˈsɪlɪteɪt) [f. imbecility, after debilitate, facilitate, etc.: see -ate3 7. In 17th c. imbecill-: see note to imbecile a.] trans. To render imbecile, weak, or feeble; to enfeeble.1653 A. Wilson Jas. I, 58 The man being skilful in natural Magick, did use all the Artifice his sub...
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A. F. Tredgold
Publications
Mental Deficiency: Amentia (1908)
Moral Imbecility (1921)
Inheritance and Educability
A Manual of Psychological Medicine (1943)
A Textbook
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indecision
indecision (ɪndɪˈsɪʒən) [a. F. indécision (1611 in Cotgr.); see in-3 and decision.] Want of decision; inability to decide or to make up one's mind; a wavering between possible courses of action; hesitation.a 1763 Shenstone Ess. (1765) 208 The term indecision, in a man's character, implies an idea ve...
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Independent Ledger and the American Advertiser
Folsom, alone, from mere imbecility."
References
Further reading
Albert Matthews. Bibliographical notes in Boston newspapers, 1704-1780.
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unnaturality
unnatuˈrality rare. [un-1 12.] 1. Unnatural feeling or conduct.a 1548 Hall Chron., Hen. VIII, 229 b, What vnkyndnes and vnnaturalitie may we impute to you. 1691 Z. Haig in J. Russell Haigs (1881) xi. 324 If I had had any such unnaturality lodged in my breast. 2. Sc. Imbecility, weak-mindedness.1823 ...
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Cinquième As
imbécillité/ N'ont fait qu'augmenter les taux de mortalité," meaning, "In this era of trade where only the big bosses live/ Profitability - instability - imbecility
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dyspepsy
dyspepsy (dɪˈspɛpsɪ) Also 7 -ie, 7–9 dis-. [a. F. dyspepsie (17th c.) or ad. L. dyspepsia: see prec.] = dyspepsia (which is now more usual).1656 Blount Glossogr., Dyspepsie. 1661 Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 366 The imbecility of the stomach, which is a vice of the concocting faculty..and it's called a...
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The Mongol in Our Midst
The book also claimed that "Mongolian imbecility" was partly the result of Ashkenazi Jews having interbred with the steppe tribe of the Khazars. Contents
In The Mongol in Our Midst, Crookshank argued that "Mongolian imbecility", thought at the time to affect only Caucasian people, was the result
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idiotcy
idiotcy (ˈɪdɪətsɪ) [irreg. f. idiot + -cy, q.v.] = idiocy, idiotism.1818 in Todd. 1839 F. Barham Adamus Exul. 34 It is but idiotcy to anatomise The fine degrees of guilt. 1851 H. Mayo Pop. Superst. (ed. 2) 76 Congenital idiotcy and imbecility. 1855 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (1887) I. vii. §268. 470...
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Party of Donkeys
Party of Donkeys or Donkeys' Party (; Donkey is epitome of docile imbecility) was a frivolous political party in Iran.
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Kit and Kitty
accumulation of horrors, including a parricide, a suicide, a leper husband returned to claim his wife, and her collapse from the shock into paralysis and imbecility
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toloache
toloache (tɒlˈwætʃɪ) Also toloachi. [a. Mexican Sp. toloache, a. Nahuatl toloatzin, f. toloa to bow the head + tzin reverential.] A preparation of a plant of the genus Datura used as an intoxicating and hallucinogenic drug.1894 [see marijuana, marihuana 1 a]. 1948 A. L. Kroeber Anthropol. (rev. ed.)...
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