| mental handicap | |
| —n | |
| a general or specific intellectual disability, resulting directly or indirectly from injury to the brain or from abnormal neurological development | |
| usage Nowadays both mental handicap and mentally handicapped are considered to have inappropriate and negative connotations. The phrases learning difficulties and a person with learning difficulties are used instead | |
| mentally handicapped | |
| —adj | |
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| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |