mattoid

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Noun
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CIDE DICTIONARY

mattoidn. [It. matto mad (cf. L. mattus, matus, drunk) + -oid.].
     A person of congenitally abnormal mind bordering on insanity or degeneracy.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

mattoid, n. a person of erratic mind, a mixture of genius and fool.

Etymology
It. mattoide f. matto insane

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