Define the word moron"Moron" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Moron \Mo*ron"\ (m[-o]*r[=o]n"), 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 1913 Suppl.]
"Moron" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Moron \Mo"ron\ (m[=o]"r[o^]n), n. [Gr. mw^ros foolish, stupid.]
1. (Pedagogy) A mentally retarded 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; an adult having the mental
development of an 8-to-12-year old. A moron is considered
capable of doing routine work under supervision.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
2. Hence, a very stupid person. [informal, derogatory]
[PJC] -- mo*ron"ic adj. -- mo*ron"ic*al*ly adv. --
mo"ron*ism n. -- mo*ron"i*ty n.
"moron" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
moron
n : a person of subnormal intelligence [syn: idiot, imbecile,
cretin, changeling, half-wit, retard]
"moron" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "moron":
ament, born fool, clot, congenital idiot, cretin, defective,
dullard, dullhead, dumbbell, dummkopf, dummy, golem, half-wit,
idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, juggins, mongoloid idiot, natural,
natural idiot, natural-born fool, simp, simpleton, stupid, zany
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