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Definition of Mattoids
1. mattoid [n] - See also: mattoid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mattoids
Literary usage of Mattoids
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Man of Genius by Cesare Lombroso (1896)
"LITERARY AND ARTISTIC mattoids. Definition—Physical and psychical characteristics—Their
... These are what I call semi- insane persons or mattoids. ..."
2. A Clinical Manual of Mental Diseases by Francis Xavier Dercum (1917)
"BORDERLAND MANIC AND PARANOID STATES (The mattoids) Among the first we may find
cases clearly related to the manic-depressive group, and which are indeed ..."
3. Alienist and Neurologist (1892)
"The mattoids usually strive for, and often obtain, prizes offered by municipalities
for monument designs, whence the artistic horrors of many Continental ..."
4. Publications of the American Statistical Association by American Statistical Association (1897)
"mattoids,i in school but not in trade . 6 Withdrawn for invalidism, incorrigibility,
etc. .... 13 So far irresponsive 38 Too recently assigned to warrant ..."
5. Abnormal Man: Being Essays on Education and Crime and Related Subjects, with by Arthur MacDonald (1893)
"Some persons having this insane temperament may be called mattoids, ... A weaker
and much less important class of mattoids are the egotistic variety, ..."
6. Wisconsin Medical Journal by State Medical Society of Wisconsin (1905)
"Not that all who call themselves 'Christian Scientists' are either mattoids or
paranoiacs, or that they are all in imminent danger of losing their mental ..."
7. Mind and Its Disorders: A Text-book for Students and Practitioners by William Henry Butter Stoddart (1908)
"Disorder of judgment is the characteristic feature of paranoia. There are two
large classes of paranoiacs : 1. The eccentrics or mattoids ; 2. ..."
8. The Evolution of the Soul: And Other Essays by Thomson Jay Hudson (1904)
"Not that all who call themselves Christian Scientists are either mattoids or
paranoiacs, or that they are all in imminent danger of losing their mental ..."
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