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单词 moron
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moronn.1

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French moron, mouron.
Etymology: < French regional (Normandy) moron, variant of mouron spotted salamander (second half of the 14th cent. in Middle French, in Normandy; compare Old French morone (masculine), moronne (feminine, probably after classical Latin lacerta lizard) land salamander (1314)), probably < more Moor n.2 + -on , diminutive suffix (compare -oon suffix), on account of its dark colour.
Obsolete.
A dark-coloured salamander, perhaps the fire salamander, Salamandra salamandra.
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the world > animals > amphibians > order Urodela or Caudata > [noun] > family Salamandridae (newts) > salamander
salamander1611
moron1774
salamandrian1850
salamandrid1863
salamandroid1863
salamandrine1891
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 141 With respect to the Salamander, the whole tribe, from the Moron to the Gekko, are said to be venomous to the last degree.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

moronn.2adj.

Brit. /ˈmɔːrɒn/, U.S. /ˈmɔˌrɑn/
Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek μωρόν.
Etymology: < ancient Greek μωρόν, neuter of μωρός , (Attic) μῶρος foolish, stupid (further etymology uncertain: a connection with Sanskrit mūra foolish, stupid, is now generally rejected). Perhaps compare earlier moria n.Ancient Greek μωρόν is used as a noun in the sense ‘folly’, but is not used to denote a person (the neuter usually represents inanimate categories).
Originally U.S.
1. Psychology. A person with mild mental retardation (spec. with an IQ of between 50 and 70). Now somewhat archaic and offensive.The term was first adopted and given this meaning by the American Association for the Study of the Feeble-minded in 1910. It is now generally avoided in technical contexts due to its association with sense 2.
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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mental deficiency > [noun] > type of > person
idiot born1558
cretin1775
cretinist1839
Mongol1896
moron1910
pointy-head1946
Mongoloid1949
1910 H. H. Goddard Let. 29 Apr. in Jrnl. Psycho-asthenics Sept.–Dec. 65 The other (suggestion) is to call them [sc. feeble-minded children] by the Greek word ‘moron’. It is defined as one who is lacking in intelligence, one who is deficient in judgement or sense.
1912 H. H. Goddard Kallikak Family 54 The type of feeblemindedness of which we are speaking is the one to which Deborah belongs, that is, to the high grade, or moron.
1926 Chicago Tribune 28 Jan. 14/1 Legislation to provide for a moron colony has the support of County Judge Edmund K. Jarecki.
1937 C. L. Burt Subnormal Mind (rev. ed.) ii. 102 All through their years of training, most of them [sc. social workers and teachers] had never, to their certain knowledge, set eyes on a moron or an imbecile.
1968 W. B. Stephens tr. B. Inhelder Diagnosis of Reasoning in Mentally Retarded ii. 72 The normal child of seven, the moron of twelve, or even the imbecile assimilates an enormous number of varied experiences.
1999 Encycl. Brit. Online (Version 99.1) at Mental retardation Retardation is classified according to severity. The once standard labels—moron, imbecile, and idiot—have been abolished.
2. A stupid or slow-witted person; a fool, an idiot. Also attributive or as adj.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > stupid person, dolt, blockhead > [noun]
asseOE
sotc1000
beastc1225
long-ear?a1300
stock1303
buzzard1377
mis-feelinga1382
dasarta1400
stonea1400
dasiberd14..
dottlec1400
doddypoll1401
dastardc1440
dotterel1440
dullardc1440
wantwit1449
jobardc1475
nollc1475
assheada1500
mulea1500
dull-pate15..
peak1509
dulbert?a1513
doddy-patec1525
noddypolla1529
hammer-head1532
dull-head?1534
capon1542
dolt1543
blockhead1549
cod's head1549
mome1550
grout-head1551
gander1553
skit-brains?1553
blocka1556
calfa1556
tomfool1565
dunce1567
druggard1569
cobble1570
dummel1570
Essex calf1573
jolthead1573
hardhead1576
beetle-head1577
dor-head1577
groutnoll1578
grosshead1580
thickskin1582
noddyship?1589
jobbernowl1592
beetle-brain1593
Dorbel1593
oatmeal-groat1594
loggerhead1595
block-pate1598
cittern-head1598
noddypoop1598
dorbellist1599
numps1599
dor1601
stump1602
ram-head1605
look-like-a-goose1606
ruff1606
clod1607
turf1607
asinego1609
clot-poll1609
doddiea1611
druggle1611
duncecomb1612
ox-head1613
clod-polla1616
dulman1615
jolterhead1620
bullhead1624
dunderwhelpa1625
dunderhead1630
macaroona1631
clod-patea1635
clota1637
dildo1638
clot-pate1640
stupid1640
clod-head1644
stub1644
simpletonian1652
bottle-head1654
Bœotiana1657
vappe1657
lackwit1668
cudden1673
plant-animal1673
dolt-head1679
cabbage head1682
put1688
a piece of wood1691
ouphe1694
dunderpate1697
numbskull1697
leather-head1699
nocky1699
Tom Cony1699
mopus1700
bluff-head1703
clod skull1707
dunny1709
dowf1722
stupe1722
gamphrel1729
gobbin?1746
duncehead1749
half-wit1755
thick-skull1755
jackass1756
woollen-head1756
numbhead1757
beef-head1775
granny1776
stupid-head1792
stunpolla1794
timber-head1794
wether heada1796
dummy1796
noghead1800
staumrel1802
muttonhead1803
num1807
dummkopf1809
tumphya1813
cod's head and shoulders1820
stoopid1823
thick-head1824
gype1825
stob1825
stookiea1828
woodenhead1831
ning-nong1832
log-head1834
fat-head1835
dunderheadism1836
turnip1837
mudhead1838
donkey1840
stupex1843
cabbage1844
morepork1845
lubber-head1847
slowpoke1847
stupiditarian1850
pudding-head1851
cod's head and shoulders1852
putty head1853
moke1855
mullet-head1855
pothead1855
mug1857
thick1857
boodle1862
meathead1863
missing link1863
half-baked1866
lunk1867
turnip-head1869
rummy1872
pumpkin-head1876
tattie1879
chump1883
dully1883
cretin1884
lunkhead1884
mopstick1886
dumbhead1887
peanut head1891
pie-face1891
doughbakea1895
butt-head1896
pinhead1896
cheesehead1900
nyamps1900
box head1902
bonehead1903
chickenhead1903
thickwit1904
cluck1906
boob1907
John1908
mooch1910
nitwit1910
dikkop1913
goop1914
goofus1916
rumdum1916
bone dome1917
moron1917
oik1917
jabroni1919
dumb-bell1920
knob1920
goon1921
dimwit1922
ivory dome1923
stone jug1923
dingleberry1924
gimp1924
bird brain1926
jughead1926
cloth-head1927
dumb1928
gazook1928
mouldwarp1928
ding-dong1929
stupido1929
mook1930
sparrow-brain1930
knobhead1931
dip1932
drip1932
epsilon1932
bohunkus1933
Nimrod1933
dumbass1934
zombie1936
pea-brain1938
knot-head1940
schlump1941
jarhead1942
Joe Soap1943
knuckle-head1944
nong1944
lame-brain1945
gobshite1946
rock-head1947
potato head1948
jerko1949
turkey1951
momo1953
poop-head1955
a right one1958
bam1959
nong-nong1959
dickhead1960
dumbo1960
Herbert1960
lamer1961
bampot1962
dipshit1963
bamstick1965
doofus1965
dick1966
pillock1967
zipperhead1967
dipstick1968
thickie1968
poephol1969
yo-yo1970
doof1971
cockhead1972
nully1973
thicko1976
wazzock1976
motorhead1979
mouth-breather1979
no-brainer1979
jerkwad1980
woodentop1981
dickwad1983
dough ball1983
dickweed1984
bawheid1985
numpty1985
jerkweed1988
dick-sucker1989
knob-end1989
Muppet1989
dingus1997
dicksack1999
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1917 R. C. Benchley in Vanity Fair Oct. 47 A person entering one of these drawing-rooms and talking in connected sentences..would have been looked upon as a high class moron.
1922 H. Titus Timber iii. 37 So this backwoods moron, even, knew something about his affairs that John Taylor did not know.
1928 B. Hecht & C. MacArthur Front Page ii. 91 Another one of your moron blunders.
1959 Punch 10 June 780/2 It was so obvious it might have occurred to anyone but a complete moron.
1975 G. Moffat Miss Pink xii. 169 He'd have had to be a moron not to have guessed that the killer was really after himself.
1994 M.E.A.T. Sept. 9/1 Some know-it-all moron critic is going to peg this as being the ‘mature’ Aaron, ‘grown up’.
2000 S. Kinsella Secret Dreamworld Shopaholic ii. 27 She looks at me as though I'm a moron and gestures to a phone on a table at the back.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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