ament
A congenital idiot.
Noun
- A congenital idiot.
Origin
From Latin amens.
Forms
Noun biology, botany
- A catkin or similar inflorescence.
- [T]he scales of the ament in the salix rosea, rose-willow, grow into leaves; and produce other kinds of monsters. - 1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 9:
Origin
From Latin āmentum (“thong, string”).