mattoidn.adj.
/ˈmatɔɪd/, U.S. /ˈmædɔɪd/ A. n.
A person displaying erratic, eccentric, or somewhat paranoid behaviour.
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1891 C. Lombroso Man of Genius iii. 209 This variety forms the link between madmen of genius, the sane, and the insane properly so called. These are what I call semi-insane persons or mattoids.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 196 The so-called borderland cases between sanity and insanity—for example eccentrics, cranks, mattoids.
1922 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 36 671 Men of the kind that Nordau called ‘mattoids or half-fools’ and whom the modern psychiatrist would classify as mild cases of dementia praecox.
1990 Orlando Sentinel (Nexis) 10 Sept. a10 The hostages give him an excuse not to obey the mattoids who enrich themselves by creating wars.
B. adj.
Displaying erratic behaviour; eccentric. rare.
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mattoid1891
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as daft (mad, etc.) as a brush1932
1891 C. Lombroso Man of Genius iii. 223 Mattoid theologians..have unfortunately been taken so seriously as to be burned alive.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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