What is a person whose intellectual development proceeds normally up to about the eighth year of age and is then arrested so that there is little or no further development called?
moron — A person whose intellectual development proceeds normally up to about the eighth year of age and is then arrested so that there is little or no further development. (Webster's 1913.)
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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