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   Moron (mōˈrŏn), n. [Gr. μῶρος foolish, stupid.]
   1. (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.
   
   [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
   
   
   2. Hence, a very stupid person. [informal, derogatory]
   
   [PJC]
   
   -- mo*ron"ic adj. -- mo*ron"ic*al*ly adv. -- mo"ron*ism n. -- mo*ron"i*ty n.
   
   
         
       

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   Moron (mṓ‑rōnˈ), n.; Sp. pl. Morones (#). [Sp.] 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.
   
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]