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idiotism.

Very severe mental retardation.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. Very severe mental retardation.

    countable · historical · uncountable

  2. A foolish utterance.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English idiot Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English idiotism From idiot + -ism.

noun

  1. Idiom.

  2. An overly literal translation of an idiom.

Where this word comes from

From Latin idiotismus.

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