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RETARDED
retarded
(adjective) relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development; āproviding a secure and sometimes happy life for the retardedā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
retarded (comparative more retarded, superlative most retarded)
Delayed; delayed in development, hindered; impeded. [from 17th c.]
(psychology, now, offensive, dated) Having mental retardation; mentally deficient or underdeveloped.
(psychology, now, offensive, dated) Specifically, having an IQ below 70. [from 19th c.]
(colloquial, derogatory, offensive) Extremely stupid. [from 20th c.]
(physics) Designating a parameter of an electromagnetic field which is adjusted to account for the finite speed of radiation. [from 20th c.]
Verb
retarded
simple past tense and past participle of retard
Anagrams
• retraded
Source: Wiktionary
RETARD
Re*tard", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Retarding.] Etym: [L. retardare, retardatum; pref. re- re- + tardare to make slow, to delay, fr. tardus slow: cf. F. retarder. See Tardy.]
1. To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of an army; to retard the motion of a ship; -- opposed to Ant: accelerate.
2. To put off; to postpone; as, to retard the attacks of old age; to retard a rupture between nations.
Syn.
– To impede; hinder; obstruct; detain; delay; procrastinate; postpone; defer.
Re*tard", v. i.
Definition: To stay back. [Obs.] Sir. T. Browne.
Re*tard", n.
Definition: Retardation; delay. Retard, or Age, of the tide, the interval between the transit of the moon at which a tide originates and the appearance of the tide itself. It is found, in general, that any particular tide is not principally due to the moon's transit immediatelly proceeding, but to a transit which has occured some time before, and which is said to correspond to it. The retard of the tide is thus distinguished from the lunitidal interval. See under Retardation. rHam. Nav. Encyc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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