moron

See also: Appendix:Variations of "moron"

English

Etymology

Coined by American psychologist Henry H. Goddard in 1910, from Ancient Greek μωρόν (mōrón), the neuter form of μωρός (mōrós, “foolish, dull”). Coined in the third sense by philosopher Ronald Dworkin.

Pronunciation

  • (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

moron (plural morons)

  1. (informal, derogatory) A stupid person; an idiot; a fool.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fool, Thesaurus:idiot
    • 2024 March 14, Norman Finkelstein, 01:06 from the start, in Norm Finkelstein calls Destiny a fantastic moron / Lex Fridman Podcast‎[1], Lex Clips:
      Mr. Borelli, Mr. Borelli, with all due respect, you're such a fantastic moron it's terrifying.
  2. (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
  3. (philosophy) A hypothetical particle whose existence and configuration can make a moral judgment true.

Usage notes

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → French: moron
  • → Turkish: moron

Translations

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Further reading

Anagrams

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmoron/
  • Rhymes: -oron
  • Hyphenation: mo‧ron

Noun

moron

  1. accusative singular of moro

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmoron/, [ˈmo̞ro̞n]
  • Rhymes: -oron
  • Syllabification(key): mo‧ron
  • Hyphenation(key): mo‧ron

Interjection

moron (colloquial)

  1. alternative form of moro

Noun

moron

  1. genitive singular of moro

Further reading

Anagrams

French

Etymology

English moron, from Ancient Greek μωρός (mōrós, “foolish, dull”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔ.ʁɔ̃/
  • Audio (Canada):(file)

Noun

moron m (plural morons, feminine moronne)

  1. (Quebec) moron, idiot

Adjective

moron (feminine moronne, masculine plural morons, feminine plural moronnes)

  1. (Quebec, informal) stupid
    Que t'es moron, toi! ― Gosh, you're stupid!

Middle English

Noun

moron

  1. alternative form of morwe

Romanian

Noun

moron m (plural moroni)

  1. alternative form of morun

Declension

Declension of moron
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative moron moronul moroni moronii
genitive-dative moron moronului moroni moronilor
vocative moronule moronilor

Turkish

Etymology

From English moron, from Ancient Greek μωρός (mōrós, “slow, dull, foolish, stupid”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [moɾˈon]
  • Hyphenation: mo‧ron

Adjective

moron

  1. fool, stupid, idiot, moronic

Noun

moron (definite accusative moronu, plural moronlar)

  1. moron
    Bir morona aşık oldum. ― I fell in love with a moron.

Declension

Declension of moron
singular plural
nominative moron moronlar
definite accusative moronu moronları
dative morona moronlara
locative moronda moronlarda
ablative morondan moronlardan
genitive moronun moronların

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old English moran, plural of more (“edible root, carrot, parsnip”), from Proto-West Germanic *morhā, from Proto-Germanic *murhǭ.

Noun

moron f (collective, singulative moronen)

  1. carrots
Derived terms
  • 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

Mutated forms of moron
radical soft nasal aspirate
moron foron unchanged unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Etymology 2

Noun

moron

  1. nasal mutation of boron

Mutation

Mutated forms of boron
radical soft nasal aspirate
boron foron moron unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • 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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