MATTOID One who exhibits symptoms of mental degeneration but is not positively insane; a semi-insane person; a crank: a term used by Lombroso to designate a semi-insane person whose ideas and aims (often of a literary or artistic character), while they may simulate those of talent and even of genius, are marked by radical absurdities which the patient is unable, through mental weakness, to perceive.
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Word: MATTOID
Length: 7 letters
Dictionary: Valid in TWL and SOWPODS
Status: Official Scrabble word
The word MATTOID can be used in various contexts. As a valid Scrabble word, it can be played on the Scrabble board according to standard game rules.