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oligophrenic

Syllables: ol·i·go·phren·ic

oligophrenic adjective: exhibiting, or relating to, oligophrenia.

Adjective

oligophrenic (comparative more oligophrenic, superlative most oligophrenic)

  1. Exhibiting, or relating to, oligophrenia.

Noun

oligophrenic (plural oligophrenics)

  1. A person who has oligophrenia.

Forms of oligophrenic

Adjective
comparativemore oligophrenic
superlativemost oligophrenic
Noun
pluraloligophrenics

Origin of oligophrenic

From oligophrenia + -ic.

Questions about oligophrenic

What does oligophrenic mean?
Oligophrenic means exhibiting, or relating to, oligophrenia.
What part of speech is oligophrenic?
Oligophrenic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near oligophrenic in the dictionary

  1. oligophenyls
  2. oligophosphate
  3. oligophosphates
  4. oligophrenia
  5. oligophrenias
  6. oligophrenic
  7. oligophrenics
  8. oligophrenin
  9. oligophrenins
  10. oligophreny
  11. oligophyllous

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