Coined by American psychologistHenry H. Goddard in 1910, fromAncient Greek μωρόν ( mōrón ) , the neuter form ofμωρός ( mōrós ,“ foolish, dull ” ) .Coined in the third sense by philosopherRonald Dworkin .
moron (plural morons
( informal , derogatory ) stupid person; anidiot ; afool .Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fool ,Thesaurus:idiot 2024 March 14,Norman Finkelstein , 01:06 from the start, inNorm Finkelstein calls Destiny a fantastic moron / Lex Fridman Podcast [1] Mr. Borelli, Mr. Borelli, with all due respect, you're such a fantasticmoron it's terrifying.
( psychology , dated , originally) Synonym: feeble-minded (verify (+ ) this sense?) ( philosophy ) psychology, dated: person of mild mental subnormality
Bengali:বোকা (bn) ( bōka ) Bulgarian:слабоумен (bg) m ( slaboumen ) ,дебил (bg) m ( debil ) Catalan:imbècil (ca) m or f retardat Chinese:Mandarin:白痴 (zh) ( báichī ) Danish:debil (da) person Dutch:debiel (nl) Finnish:lievästi kehitysvammainen ( contemporary term ) ,debiili (fi) French:attardé (fr) ,crétin (fr) m demeuré (fr) m Galician:mouco (gl) m pallouco m bouto m babau m láparo m doudo m badío m marmeco m barballocas m favilón m German:Schwachsinniger (de) m Schwachkopf (de) m Greek:καθυστερημένος (el) ( kathysteriménos ) Ancient Greek:βλάξ m ( bláx ) Hungarian:gyengeelméjű (hu) Indonesian:bahlul (id) ,bego (id) Italian:imbecille (it) m cretino (it) m stupido (it) m deficiente (it) m babbeo (it) m idiota (it) m ritardato (it) m mongoloide (it) m squasimodeo m Japanese:低能者 ( ていのうしゃ, teinōsha ) ,間抜け (ja) ( まぬけ, manuke ) ,頓痴気 ( とんちき, tonchiki ) Māori:tūtae tara ( Derogatory ) Polish:debil (pl) m przygłup (pl) ,bezmózg bałwan (pl) m Portuguese:retardado (pt) ,débil mental (pt) Russian:деби́л (ru) m ( debíl ) ,приду́рок (ru) m ( pridúrok ) ,крети́н (ru) m ( kretín ) ,отморо́зок (ru) m ( otmorózok ) ,моро́н (ru) m ( morón ) ( rare ) Spanish:retrasado (es) m retrasada (es) f morón (es) m ( Panamá, Puerto Rico )
person who makes uncool attempts to impress others
Catalan:imbècil (ca) m or f subnormal (ca) m or f retardat idiota (ca) m or f Danish:tåbe c Dutch:mogool mongol (nl) Finnish:hölmö (fi) ,tollo (fi) French:andouille (fr) f débile (fr) m or f mongol (fr) m Galician:parvo (gl) m paspán (gl) m pailán m lores m babiolo (gl) m pasmón m bausán m buzaco m arnoia m pándeo m miñoto m balaínzo m babeco (gl) m solocho m German:Schwachkopf (de) m Trottel (de) m Depp (de) m Greek:βλαμμένος (el) ( vlamménos ) ,κρετίνος (el) m ( kretínos ) Hungarian:hülye (hu) Indonesian:sontoloyo (id) Portuguese:babaca (pt) ,otário (pt) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:буда̀ла f Latin:budàla (sh) f Spanish:subnormal (es) m or f retrasado (es) m retardado (es) m débil mental m or f imbécil (es) m or f idiota (es) m or f baboso (es) m Turkish:moron (tr)
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Interlingua:(pleaseverify ) imbecille (pleaseverify ) idiota Italian:(pleaseverify ) cretino (it) m (pleaseverify ) deficiente (it) m (pleaseverify ) idiota (it) m (pleaseverify ) imbecille (it) m (pleaseverify ) stupido (it) m Korean:(pleaseverify ) 바보 (ko) ( babo ) Romanian:(pleaseverify ) retardat m (pleaseverify ) retardată f (pleaseverify ) tâmpit (ro) m (pleaseverify ) tâmpită f (pleaseverify ) imbecil (ro) m (pleaseverify ) imbecilă (ro) f (pleaseverify ) idiot (ro) m (pleaseverify ) idioată (ro) f
Inherited fromProto-Mongolic *mören ( “ river, sea ” ) ,*müren Mongolian мөрөн ( mörön ) ,Buryat мүрэн ( müren ) ,Kalmyk мөрн ( mörn ) .
moron
river Ma Guozhong (马国忠 ); Chen Yuanlong (陈元龙 ) (2012 ), “moron”, in东乡语汉语词典 Dongxiang-Chinese Dictionary 甘肃民族出版社 ,→ISBN 295 moron
accusative singular ofmoro IPA (key ) : /ˈmoron/ ,[ˈmo̞ro̞n] Rhymes:-oron Syllabification(key ) :mo‧ron Hyphenation(key ) :mo‧ron moron ( colloquial )
alternative form ofmoro moron
genitive singular ofmoro English moron Ancient Greek μωρός ( mōrós ,“ foolish, dull ” ) .
moron m plural morons feminine moronne
( Quebec ) moron idiot moron (feminine moronne masculine plural morons feminine plural moronnes
( Quebec , informal ) stupid Que t'esmoron , toi! ―Gosh, you'restupid ! moron
alternative form ofmorwe moron m plural moroni
alternative form ofmorun FromEnglish moron Ancient Greek μωρός ( mōrós ,“ slow, dull, foolish, stupid ” ) .
IPA (key ) : [moɾˈon] Hyphenation:mo‧ron moron
fool ,stupid ,idiot ,moronic moron (definite accusative moronu plural moronlar
moron Birmorona aşık oldum. ―I fell in love with amoron . FromOld English moran more ( “ edible root, carrot, parsnip ” ) , fromProto-West Germanic *morhā Proto-Germanic *murhǭ
moron (plural singular moronen f
carrots Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
moron
nasal mutation ofboron Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke,et al. , editors (1950–present), “moron ”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies 
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