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noun
A person who deliberately mutilates a growing child in order to induce freakish physical traits.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Coined from Spanish roots by the French writer Victor Hugo in his 1869 novel L'Homme qui rit (The Man Who Laughs). The word is not generally known in Spanish.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
