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/mˈɔrˌɑn/ Listen

noun

Moron n.

(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.

Hence, a very stupid person. (informal, derogatory)

Moron n. (pl. Sp. morones) 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.

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Etymology of 'Moron'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Moron" Quotes from Famous Books

... from Jucaro on the south to Moron on the north, originally constructed during the Ten Years' War, was a line of blockhouses, connected by barbed wire tangles, along a railway. This obstructed but did not stop the Cuban advance. The authorities declared martial law in the provinces of Havana and Pinar del Rio on January 2, ...

— Cuba, Old and New • Albert Gardner Robinson

... inar warawara yanani, kanungo kagil ginyi. baiame yili ginyi, goe, "kanungo giwir, kanungo inar warawara yanani, kanungo kagil ginyi, ngaia ngarma balu bumale." immanuel, wurume baiamengu, goe "kamil. kamil nginda ngarma bumala, nginda ngunna bumala, ngaia balugi, giwir inar moron gigigo." ...

— gurre kamilaroi - Kamilaroi Sayings (1856) • William Ridley

... hot blood mount to his temples. Tommy giggled like a moron. And Ulana drew away, ever so slightly, it was true, but still it was a definite withdrawal. Damn this ...

— The Copper-Clad World • Harl Vincent