moron
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Coined by American psychologist Henry H. Goddard in 1910, from μωρόν : mōrón, the neuter form of Ancient Greek μωρός (mōrós, “foolish, dull”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɔːɹɒn/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔːɹɒn
- (without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /mo(ː)ɹɒn/, /-ɑn/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈmoɹɑn/, [ˈmo̞ɹɑn]
Noun
[edit]moron (plural morons)
- (informal, derogatory) A stupid person; an idiot; a fool.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fool, Thesaurus:idiot
- (psychology, dated, originally) A person of mild mental subnormality in the former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50–70.
- Synonym: feeble-minded
Usage notes
[edit]- The current medical term for having an IQ between 50 and 70 is “mild intellectual disability”.
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Further reading
[edit]Moron (psychology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
[edit]Esperanto
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]moron
- accusative singular of moro
Finnish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]moron (colloquial)
- Alternative form of moro.
Noun
[edit]moron
Further reading
[edit]- “moron”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
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[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]English moron, from Ancient Greek μωρός (mōrós, “foolish, dull”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]moron m (plural morons, feminine moronne)
Adjective
[edit]moron (feminine moronne, masculine plural morons, feminine plural moronnes)
Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]moron
- Alternative form of morwe
Romanian
[edit]Noun
[edit]moron m (plural moroni)
- Alternative form of morun
Declension
[edit]Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English moron, from Ancient Greek μωρός (mōrós, “slow, dull, foolish, stupid”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]moron
Noun
[edit]moron (definite accusative moronu, plural moronlar)
- moron
- Bir morona aşık oldum. ― I fell in love with a moron.
Declension
[edit]Inflection | ||
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Nominative | moron | |
Definite accusative | moronu | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | moron | moronlar |
Definite accusative | moronu | moronları |
Dative | morona | moronlara |
Locative | moronda | moronlarda |
Ablative | morondan | moronlardan |
Genitive | moronun | moronların |
Welsh
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmɔrɔn/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmoːrɔn/, /ˈmɔrɔn/
- Rhymes: -ɔrɔn
Etymology 1
[edit]From Old English moran, plural of more (“edible root, carrot, parsnip”), from Proto-West Germanic *morhā, from Proto-Germanic *murhǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥k- (“edible herb, root, tuber”).
Noun
[edit]moron f (collective, singulative moronen)
Derived terms
[edit]- dyfrforon (“marshwort”)
- lloerforon (“mountain stone parsley, moon carrots”)
- moron arfor (“sea carrots”)
- moron Awstralia (“Australian carrots”)
- moron melynion (“skirrets”)
- moron pigog (“prickly parsnips”)
- moron y dŵr (“water parsnips”)
- moron y gwartheg (“cow parsnips, hogweed”)
- moron y maes (“wild carrots”)
- moron yr ardd (“garden carrots”)
Mutation
[edit]Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
moron | foron | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]moron
- Nasal mutation of boron.
Mutation
[edit]Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
boron | foron | moron | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “moron”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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