[lbo-talk] mattoid(al)

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Aug 26 15:34:09 PDT 2003


Jonathan Schwarz wrote:


>What does "mattoidal" mean?

Pug gave you the context, but there's this great thing called dictionary.com that has this helpful definition:


>mattoid
>
>\Mat"toid\, n. [It. matto mad (cf. L. mattus, matus, drunk) + -oid.]
>A person of congenitally abnormal mind bordering on insanity or
>degeneracy.



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