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Mo"ron (m&ō;"rŏn), 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.

 

Mo*ron" (m&ouptack_;*r&ō;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.]