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M0425600 (mō-rōn′) A city of eastern Argentina, an industrial suburb of Buenos Aires.

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M0425500 (môr′ŏn′)n.1. A person who is considered foolish or stupid.2. A person with mild intellectual disability 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.

[From Greek mōron, neuter of mōros, stupid, foolish.]

mo′ron′ism, mo·ron′i·ty (mə-rŏn′ĭ-tē, mô-) n.

moron

(ˈmɔːrɒn) n1. slang a foolish or stupid person2. (Psychology) old-fashioned offensive a person having an intelligence quotient of between 50 and 70, able to work under supervision[C20: from Greek mōros foolish] moronic adj moˈronically adv ˈmoronism, moˈronity n

mo•ron

(ˈmɔr ɒn, ˈmoʊr-)

n. 1. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in judgment. 2. a person of borderline intelligence in a former classification of mental retardation, having an I.Q. of 50 to 69. [1910, Amer.; < Greek mōrón, neuter of mōrós foolish, dull] mo•ron•ic (məˈrɒn ɪk) adj. mo•ron′i•cal•ly, adv. mo′ron•ism, n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	moron - a person of subnormal intelligence changeling, cretin, half-wit, idiot, imbecile, retardmongoloid - a person suffering from Down syndrome (no longer used technically in this sense)simpleton, simple - a person lacking intelligence or common sense
	2.	Moron - a city in Argentina, to the west of Buenos AiresArgentina, Argentine Republic - a republic in southern South America; second largest country in South America

moron

noun fool, idiot, dummy (slang), berk (Brit. slang), charlie (Brit. informal), tosser (Brit. slang), dope (informal), jerk (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), ass, plank (Brit. slang), prick (derogatory slang), wally (slang), prat (slang), plonker (slang), coot, geek (slang), twit (informal, chiefly Brit.), bonehead (slang), chump, dunce, imbecile, cretin, oaf, simpleton, airhead (slang), dimwit (informal), dipstick (Brit. slang), dickhead (slang), gonzo (slang), schmuck (U.S. slang), dork (slang), nitwit (informal), dolt, blockhead, divvy (Brit. slang), pillock (Brit. slang), halfwit, dweeb (U.S. slang), putz (U.S. slang), fathead (informal), weenie (U.S. informal), eejit (Scot. & Irish), thicko (Brit. slang), dumb-ass (slang), gobshite (Irish taboo slang), dunderhead, numpty (Scot. informal), doofus (slang, chiefly U.S.), lamebrain (informal), mental defective, fuckwit (taboo slang), thickhead, muttonhead (slang), nerd or nurd (slang), numbskull or numskull I used to think that he was a moron.

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nounOne deficient in judgment and good sense:ass, fool, idiot, imbecile, jackass, mooncalf, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, simple, simpleton, softhead, tomfool.Informal: dope, gander, goose.Slang: cretin, ding-dong, dip, goof, jerk, nerd, schmo, schmuck, turkey.

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moron

[mo´ron] obsolete term for a person with the highest grade of mental retardation, equivalent to the modern classification “mild mental retardation.”

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(mōr'on), This outmoded and imprecise term is best avoided in medical speech and writing because of its pejorative lay connotations.An obsolete term for a subclass of mental retardation or a person so classified therein. [G. mōros, stupid]

moron

(môr′ŏn′)n. A person with mild intellectual disability 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.

mo′ron′ism, mo·ron′i·ty (mə-rŏn′ĭ-tē, mô-) n.

moron

Neurology
An obsolete term formerly used for an individual with mild mental retardation (IQ 50–69).
Vox populi
A derogatory term used indiscriminately for an obtuse person, regardless of that person’s tested IQ.

moron

A person of a mild to moderate degree of learning difficulty (mental retardation). A person with an IQ of between 50 and 70. The term is not used in medicine. From the Greek moros , stupid.

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noun fool

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noun one deficient in judgment and good sense

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noun a person of subnormal intelligence

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noun a city in Argentina, to the west of Buenos Aires

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