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| 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
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mo·ron·i·cal·ly, adverb
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moron
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Morón [maw-rohn; Sp. maw-rawn] Pronunciation Key
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| a city in E Argentina, SW of Buenos Aires.309,400. |
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[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 | |
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| 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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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