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moron
1[ mawr-on ]
noun
- Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment:
I wonder why they elected that narrow-minded moron to Congress.
- Psychology. (no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) a person of borderline intelligence in a former and discarded classification of intellectual disability, having an intelligence quotient of 50 to 69.
Morón
2[ maw-rohn; Spanish maw-rawn ]
noun
- a city in E Argentina, SW of Buenos Aires.
moron
/ mɒˈrɒnɪk; ˈmɔːrɒn /
noun
- a foolish or stupid person
- a person having an intelligence quotient of between 50 and 70, able to work under supervision
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Derived Forms
- moronic, adjective
- ˈmoronism, noun
- moˈronically, adverb
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Other Words From
- mo·ron·ic [m, uh, -, ron, -ik], adjective
- mo·ron·ism mo·ron·i·ty [m, uh, -, ron, -i-tee], noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of moron1
An Americanism first recorded in 1905–10; from Greek mōrón, neuter of mōrós “foolish, dull”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of moron1
C20: from Greek mōros foolish
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