Meanings
plural moroses
- countableobsoleteuncountablemedicineidiocy; fatuity; stupidity
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There was first a paracusis, or imperfect hearing, changed into a surditus, or complete deafness; changed into a pseudoblepsis, or uncertain sight; changed into a perfect caligo, or blindness; changed into a hallucinatio, or dulness; changed into a morosis; changed into a hysteria; changed into a delirium; changed into a mania, or raging madness!
December 23 1786, L. F., The Lounger No. 99
Origin
- Ancient Greekμώρωσις“mental slowness, dementia”
- Englishmorosis
From Ancient Greek μώρωσις (mṓrōsis, “mental slowness, dementia”). Compare moron.
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