moron
noun/ˈmɔːrɒn/
/ˈmɔːrɑːn/
- (informal) a rude way to refer to somebody that you think is very stupid
- They're a bunch of morons.
- The people responsible for this are mindless morons.
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- (old-fashioned, offensive) a word for a person with a very low level of intelligence that is now considered offensive
Word Originearly 20th cent. (as a medical term denoting an adult with a mental age of about 8–12): from Greek mōron, neuter of mōros ‘foolish’.
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