mo·ron Pronunciation Key (môrn, mr-)
n.
<b>A stupid person; a dolt.
Psychology. A person of mild mental retardation having a mental age of from 7 to 12 years and generally having communication and social skills enabling some degree of academic or vocational education. The term belongs to a classification system no longer in use and is now considered offensive.</b>
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[From Greek mron, neuter of mros, stupid, foolish.]
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mo·ronic (m-rnk, mô-) adj.
mo·roni·cal·ly adv.
moronism or mo·roni·ty (m-rn-t, mô-) n.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Mo·rón Pronunciation Key (m-rn)
A city of eastern Argentina, an industrial suburb of Buenos Aires. Population: 641,541.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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moron
\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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996
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moron
\Mo"ron\, n. (Pedagogy) <b>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.</b>
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996
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moron
n : <b>a person of subnormal intelligence [syn: idiot, imbecile, cretin, changeling, half-wit, retard] </b>
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