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Date: 1600-1700
Language: Mongolian

mongol

 noun
     
Related topics: Illness and Disability
mon‧gol [countable] taboo old-fashioned
MI a very offensive word for someone with Down's syndrome. Do not use this word.
—mongolism noun [uncountable]
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