D defs.my
Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Moron

/(mō"rŏn)/ · Mo·ron · IPA /ˈmoɹɑn/
01 n. A mentally retarded person whose intellectual development proceeds normally up to about the eighth year of age and is then arrested so that…
  1. 1.
    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.(Pedagogy)
  2. 2.
    Hence, a very stupid person.[informal, derogatory]
02 n. An inferior olive size having a woody pulp and a large clingstone pit, growing in the mountainous and high-valley districts around the city…
pl. Morones ((#))
  1. 1.
    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.