moron
/ˈmɔːrɒn
/noun informal
A stupid person: we can’t let these thoughtless morons get away with mindless vandalism every weekend...
- Stupid moron, the chances of me falling for anyone at this party were one in twenty million.
- I bet that those on the receiving end of such behaviour don't mind whether the villains are dubbed cretins or morons.
- Adam's a damn fool, a moron for not realising what he could be throwing away.
Origin
Early 20th century (as a medical term denoting an adult with a mental age of about 8–12): from Greek mōron, neuter of mōros 'foolish'.
Early use was as a medical term for an adult with a mental age of about 8–12. It comes from Greek mōron, the neuter of mōros ‘foolish’.
Rhymes
- spank
- spanker
- spanking
- spanner
- spanner in the works
- span of control
- spanspek
- spansule
- span-worm
- spar
- sparable
- sparagmos
- sparaxis
- spar buoy
- spar deck
- spare
- spare a thought for
- sparely
- spare me days!
- spareness
- spare no effort
- spare no expense (or no expense spared)
- spare (or save) someone's blushes
- spare part
- spare-part surgery