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moron
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)
- (informal, derogatory) A stupid person; an idiot; a fool.
- (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
- 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)
- (Quebec) moron, idiot
Adjective
moron (feminine singular moronne, masculine plural morons, feminine plural moronnes)
- (Quebec, informal) stupid
Middle English
Noun
moron
- Alternative form of morwe
Romanian
Noun
moron m (plural moroni)
- Alternative form of morun
Declension
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mo??on]
- Hyphenation: mo?ron
Adjective
moron (comparative daha moron, superlative en moron)
- fool, stupid, idiot, moronic
Noun
moron (definite accusative moronu, plural moronlar)
- 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)
- 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.
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morosis
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ??????? (m?r?sis, “mental slowness, dementia”). Compare moron.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m??????s?s/
Noun
morosis (countable and uncountable, plural moroses)
- (medicine, obsolete) idiocy; fatuity; stupidity
- December 23 1786, L. F., The Lounger No. 99
- There was first a paracusis, or imperfect hearing, changed into a surditus, or complete deafness; changed into a pseudoblepsis, or uncertain sight; changed into a perfect caligo, or blindness; changed into a hallucinatio, or dulness; changed into a morosis; changed into a hysteria; changed into a delirium; changed into a mania, or raging madness!
- December 23 1786, L. F., The Lounger No. 99
Related terms
- moron
Latin
Adjective
m?r?s?s
- dative masculine plural of m?r?sus
- dative feminine plural of m?r?sus
- dative neuter plural of m?r?sus
- ablative masculine plural of m?r?sus
- ablative neuter plural of m?r?sus
- ablative feminine plural of m?r?sus
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