Meaning of MORON
Pronunciation: | | 'mowrân
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WordNet Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | [n] a person of subnormal intelligence |
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| Synonyms: | | changeling, cretin, half-wit, idiot, imbecile, retard |
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| See Also: | | simple, simpleton | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\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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| Related Terms: | | 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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