moron

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: mor=on

CIDE DICTIONARY

moron, n. [Gr. mw^ros foolish, stupid.].

•  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.]
•  Hence, a very stupid person.  [PJC]

moron, n. [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.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

moron, n.
1 colloq. a very stupid or foolish person.
2 an adult with a mental age of about 8-12.

Derivative

moronic adj. moronically adv. moronism n.

Etymology

Gk moron, neut. of moros foolish

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

moron

Absence or want of Intellect

N absence of Intellect, want of intellect, imbecility brutality, brute force, instinct, brute instinct, stimulus-response loop, conditioned response, instinctive reaction, Pavlovian response, mimicry, aping (imitation), moron, imbecile, idiot, fool, dumb animal, vegetable, brain dead, Adj, unendowed with reason, void of reason, thoughtless, vegetative, moronic, idiotic, brainless, Adv, instinctively, like Pavlov's dog, vegetatively, unendowed with reason, void of reason, thoughtless, vegetative, moronic, idiotic, brainless, instinctively, like Pavlov's dog, vegetatively, V, mimic, ape (imitate), respond instinctively.