Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a small head.
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- adjective
microcephalic
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain
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Examples
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Monkeys, microcephalous idiots, and the barbarous races of mankind: Darwin's dangerous Victorianism (1).
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He walked among the lame and the blind, past hydrocephaloid and microcephalous idiots, past a juggler who kept twelve flaming torches in the air with the aid of a rudimentary third hand growing out of his chest.
The Status Civilization Robert Sheckley 1966
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A microcephalous idiot, for instance, thirteen years old, whose eyes brightened a little when he was pleased or amused, has been described by Dr. Behn as blushing and turning to one side when undressed for medical examination.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology Robert Ezra Park 1926
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It is not enough that you should know a microcephalous skull when you see it.
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A man with a bumpy head may say to me (as a kind of New Year greeting), "Fools have microcephalous skulls," or what not.
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A microcephalous idiot, for instance, thirteen years old, whose eyes brightened a little when he was pleased or amused, has been described by Dr. Behn,3 as blushing and turning to one side, when undressed for medical examination.
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With microcephalous idiots, who are so degraded that they never learn to speak, one of them is described by Vogt,20 as answering, when asked whether he wished for more food or drink, by inclining or shaking his head.
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A microcephalous youth whose chief intellectual relaxation consists in sucking the head of a stick thinks that his conversational style is brilliant when he calls a man a "Johnnie," a battle "a blooming slog," his lodgings his "show," a hero "a game sort of a chappie," and so on.
The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour James Runciman 1871
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Many microcephalous idiots babble words without understanding their meaning, like little children.
The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. William T. Preyer 1869
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For microcephalous children of some years of age are a substitute for imaginary, because never practicable, vivisectory experiments, concerning the connection of body and mind.
The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. William T. Preyer 1869
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