KALLIKAK


Meaning of KALLIKAK in English

/kal"i kak'/ , n.

the fictitious name of an actual family that was the focus of a sociological study: one branch of feeble-minded descendants were mostly social degenerates, while another branch with descendants of normal intelligence were mostly successful. Cf. Jukes .

[ kalli- CALLI- + kak- (see CACO-) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .