- moronity
- noun see moron
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
moronity
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moronity — Moron Mo ron (m[=o] r[o^]n), n. [Gr. mw^ros 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
moronity — See moronic. * * * … Universalium
moronity — n. imbecility, stupidity; retardation; quality of being moronic … English contemporary dictionary
moronity — mo·ron·i·ty … English syllables
moronity — noun mild mental retardation • Syn: ↑mental deficiency • Hypernyms: ↑retardation, ↑mental retardation, ↑backwardness, ↑slowness, ↑subnormality * * * məˈränəd.ē … Useful english dictionary
mental deficiency — noun mild mental retardation • Syn: ↑moronity • Hypernyms: ↑retardation, ↑mental retardation, ↑backwardness, ↑slowness, ↑subnormality * * * noun : failure i … Useful english dictionary
moron — noun Etymology: irregular from Greek mōros foolish, stupid Date: 1910 1. usually offensive a mildly mentally retarded person 2. a very stupid person • moronic adjective • moronically adverb • moronism noun • … New Collegiate Dictionary
moron — moronic /meuh ron ik/, adj. moronically, adv. moronism, moronity /meuh ron i tee/, n. /mawr on, mohr /, n. 1. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment. 2. Psychol. a person of borderline intelligence in a former classification… … Universalium
want of capacity — I (mental deficiency) noun amentia, defectiveness, dementedness, dementia, feeblemindedness, imbecility, moronity, retardment associated concepts: insanity defense II (underage) noun callowness, defectiveness, immaturity, inexperience, juvenile,… … Law dictionary
amentia — Synonyms and related words: arrested development, backwardness, blithering idiocy, cretinism, half wittedness, idiocy, idiotism, imbecility, infantilism, insanity, mental defectiveness, mental deficiency, mental handicap, mental retardation,… … Moby Thesaurus
