mongoloid

Noun · Adjective
US[mong-guh-loid]/ˈmɑŋɡəˌlɔɪd/3 syllables

Open English WordNet

Noun (2)

  1. a member of the Mongoloid familyType of Asian, Asiatic
  2. a person suffering from Down syndrome (no longer used technically in this sense, now considered offensive)Type of sick person, diseased person

Adjective (3)

  1. of or pertaining to or characteristic of one of the traditional racial division of humankind including especially peoples of central and eastern AsiaRelating to Mongolia
  2. characteristic of or resembling a Mongol“the mongoloid epicanthic fold”Relating to Mongol
  3. (offensive) of or relating to or suffering from Down syndromeRelating to Down syndrome
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Mon′go·loid adjective

Origin: Mongol + -oid.

Resembling a Mongol or the Mongols; having race characteristics, such as color, hair, and features, like those of the Mongols. Thomas Henry Huxley

2. Of, related to, or affected with, Down syndrome; — not a technical term.

Mon′go·loid noun

A person affected with Down syndrome; — not a technical term.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors

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