moron
英 ['mɔːrɒn]
美 ['mɔrɑn]
- n. 愚かな人；無鉄砲な人；愚かな人
- n. （モロン）人名；（英語）Moron；（フランス語、イタリア語、ポルトガル語、ハンガリー語）Moron
語源
マヌケ、マヌケ、マヌケ。ギリシャ語のmoron、愚か者から。強く感情的。
英語の語源
- moron (n.)
- 1910, medical Latin, from Greek (Attic) moron, neuter of moros "foolish, dull, sluggish, stupid," probably cognate with Sanskrit murah "idiotic." Latin morus "foolish" is a loan-word from Greek. Adopted by the American Association for the Study of the Feeble-minded with a technical definition "adult with a mental age between 8 and 12;" used as an insult since 1922 and subsequently dropped from technical use. Linn?us had introduced morisis "idiocy."
The feeble-minded may be divided into: (1) Those who are totally arrested before the age of three so that they show the attainment of a two-year-old child or less; these are the idiots. (2) Those so retarded that they become permanently arrested between the ages of three and seven; these are imbeciles. (3) Those so retarded that they become arrested between the ages of seven and twelve; these were formerly called feeble-minded, the same term that is applied to the whole group. We are now proposing to call them morons, this word being the Greek for "fool." The English word "fool" as formerly used describes exactly this grade of child--one who is deficient in judgment or sense. [Henry H. Goddard, in Journal of Proceedings and Addresses" of the National Education Association of the United States, July 1910]
例文
- 1. You moron ！
- このバカ！
- 2.I used to think that Gordon was a moron .
- ゴードンはバカだと思っていた。
- 3.He 's an absolute moron ！
- 彼は純粋に馬鹿だ！
- 4.You got something on your shirt.What 's on your shirt？ Moron ！
- あなたのシャツには何かが入っています。それは何ですか。バカ！
- 5.Maggie：He is a real scientist， moron .But he has a limo.
- 彼は本当の科学者で、ばかだ。でも彼はリムジンを持っています。