different between moron vs clot

English

Etymology

Coined by psychologist Henry H. Goddard in 1910, from Ancient Greek ????? (m?rós, “foolish, dull”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m????n/
• Rhymes: -????n

Noun

moron (plural morons)

1. (informal, derogatory) A stupid person; an idiot; a fool.
2. (dated, originally) A person of mild mental subnormality in the former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50–70.

   Synonym: feeble-minded

Usage notes

The current medical term for having an IQ between 50 and 70 is “mild intellectual disability”.

Synonyms

• Thesaurus:fool
• Thesaurus:idiot

Derived terms

• Baltimoron
• moronic
• moronicity
• moronism
• moronocracy

Related terms

• oxymoron
• sophomore

Translations

Further reading

• Moron (psychology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Monro, normo-

Esperanto

Noun

moron

1. accusative singular of moro

French

Etymology

From English, from Ancient Greek ????? (m?rós, “foolish, dull”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?.???/

Noun

moron m (plural morons, feminine moronne)

1. (Quebec) moron, idiot

Adjective

moron (feminine singular moronne, masculine plural morons, feminine plural moronnes)

1. (Quebec, informal) stupid

Middle English

Noun

moron

1. Alternative form of morwe

Romanian

Noun

moron m (plural moroni)

1. Alternative form of morun

Declension

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mo??on]
• Hyphenation: mo?ron

Adjective

moron (comparative daha moron, superlative en moron)

1. fool, stupid, idiot, moronic

Noun

moron (definite accusative moronu, plural moronlar)

1. a moron

   Bir morona a??k oldum. — I fell in love with a moron.

Declension

Welsh

Etymology

From Old English moran, plural of more (“edible root, carrot, parsnip”), from Proto-West Germanic *morh?, from Proto-Germanic *murh?, from Proto-Indo-European *mr?k- (“edible herb, root, tuber”).

Noun

moron f pl (singulative moronen)

1. carrots

Mutation

Further reading

• "moron" in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru (A Dictionary of the Welsh Language). University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 2014.

English

Alternative forms

• clout (dated)

Etymology

From Middle English clot, clotte, from Old English clott, from Proto-West Germanic *klott (“lump”). Cognate with German Klotz (“block”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kl?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

clot (plural clots)

1. A thrombus, solidified mass of blood.
2. A solidified mass of any liquid.
3. A silly person.

Derived terms

• clotty

Translations

Verb

clot (third-person singular simple present clots, present participle clotting, simple past and past participle clotted)

1. (intransitive) To form a clot or mass.
2. (transitive) To cause to clot or form into a mass.

Translations

Anagrams

• Colt, TLOC, colt

Catalan

Etymology

Of uncertain, perhaps Indo-European but pre-Roman origin.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?kl?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

clot m (plural clots)

1. pit, hole
2. dip (a lower section of a road or geological feature)

Derived terms

• clota
• clotada
• clotós

Further reading

• “clot” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• clotte

Etymology

From Old English clot, clott, from Proto-West Germanic *klott; compare clod.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kl?t/

Noun

clot (plural clottes)

1. A clod; a ball of earth or clay.
2. The ground; the earth's surface.
3. (figuratively) The body.
4. (rare) A chunk of turf or soil.

Descendants

• English: clot

References

• “clot, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.