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mo·ron

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–noun

1.	a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment.

2.	Psychology. a person of borderline intelligence in a former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50 to 69.

Compare feeble-minded.

[Origin: 1905–10, Americanism; < Gk mōrón, neut. of mōrós foolish, dull

]

—Related forms

mo·ron·ic

Audio Help [muh-ron-ik] Pronunciation Key, adjective

mo·ron·i·cal·ly, adverb

mo·ron·ism, mo·ron·i·ty

Audio Help [muh-ron-i-tee] Pronunciation Key, noun

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Morón [maw-rohn; Sp. maw-rawn] Pronunciation Key

–noun

a city in E Argentina, SW of Buenos Aires.309,400.

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mo·ron Audio Help (môr'ŏn', mōr'-) Pronunciation Key
n.

A stupid person; a dolt.
Psychology A person of mild mental retardation having a mental age of from 7 to 12 years and generally having communication and social skills enabling some degree of academic or vocational education. The term belongs to a classification system no longer in use and is now considered offensive.

[From Greek mōron, neuter of mōros, stupid, foolish.]

mo·ron'ic (mə-rŏn'ĭk, mô-) adj., mo·ron'i·cal·ly adv., mo'ron'ism, mo·ron'i·ty (mə-rŏn'ĭ-tē, mô-) n.

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A city of eastern Argentina, an industrial suburb of Buenos Aires. Population: 309,000.

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moron

1910, from Gk. (Attic) moron, neut. of moros "foolish, dull" (probably cognate with Skt. murah "idiotic;" L. morus "foolish" is a loan-word from Gk.). Adopted by the American Association for the Study of the Feeble-minded with a technical definition "adult with a mental age between 8 and 12;" used as an insult since 1922 and subsequently dropped from technical use. Linnæus had introduced morisis "idiocy."

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moron
noun
1.	a person of subnormal intelligence [syn: idiot]
2.	a city in Argentina, to the west of Buenos Aires

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Moron

Mo"ron\, n. (Pedagogy) A person whose intellectual development proceeds normally up to about the eighth year of age and is then arrested so that there is little or no further development.

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Moron

Mo*ron"\, n.; Sp. pl. Morones. [Sp.] An inferior olive size having a woody pulp and a large clingstone pit, growing in the mountainous and high-valley districts around the city of Moron, in Spain.

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