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Moron vs Morion - What's the difference?

moron | morion |

As nouns the difference between moron and morion

is that moron is a person of borderline intelligence in the former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50-69 while morion is a kind of open brimmed helmet used by footsoldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries, having no visor or bever.

As a proper noun Mörön

is a city in Mongolia.

moron

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (dated, originally) A person of borderline intelligence in the former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50-69.
  • (informal) An unintelligent person; an idiot; a fool.

    • Usage notes

    * The current medical term for having an IQ between 50 and 69 is mild mental retardation.

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    morion

    English

    (wikipedia morion)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) morion, and its source, (etyl) . Perhaps compare moraine.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (historical) A kind of open brimmed helmet used by footsoldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries, having no visor or bever.
  • *, II.9:
    • The Roman footmen caried not their morions , sword and target only, as for other armes (saith Cicero ) they were so accustomed to weare them continually, that they hindered them no more than their limbs.
  • * 1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , p.12:
    • The morion is a kind of open helmet, without visor or bever, somewhat resembling a hat; it was commonly worn by the harqubussiers and musqueteers.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) morion, from morion, a misreading in some manuscripts for (etyl) mormorion.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mineralogy) A brown or black variety of quartz.

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