4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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.] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: moron n : a person of subnormal intelligence [syn: {idiot}, {imbecile}, {cretin}, {changeling}, {half-wit}, {retard}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 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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