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11/09/2001 Archived Entry: "Old English"

The Lord's Prayer in Old English

Middle English
(abbreviated ME), spoken in England from around 1100 to 1500

Middle English Other Than Chaucer

retard n : a person of subnormal intelligence
[syn: idiot, imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit] v

[Middle English retarden, from Old French retarder, from Latin retardre :
re-, re- + tardre, to delay (from tardus, slow).]
Synonyms
backward, dim-witted, dull, feebleminded, half-witted,
imbecile, moronic, quarter-witted, simple, simpleminded,
slow, slow-witted; SIMPLE 3, STUPID 1