Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Imbecility; idiocy.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Med.) Idiocy; fatuity; stupidity.

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  • noun medicine, obsolete idiocy; fatuity; stupidity

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek μώρωσις (mōrōsis, "mental slowness, dementia"). Compare moron.

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