Antedating of "Paranoid"

[Fred Shapiro]

paranoid, n. (OED 1922)

1921 _Jrnl. Amer. Inst. Criminal Law & Criminology_ XII. 373 (JSTOR)  The
presence of epileptics, mattoids, paranoids, paranoiacs, imbeciles and
sexual perverts in our prison populations is a menace.

Fred Shapiro


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