morosis

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μώρωσις (mṓrōsis, “mental slowness, dementia”). Compare moron.

Noun

morosis

  1. (medicine, obsolete) idiocy; fatuity; stupidity
    • Alexander Chalmers
      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!

Latin

Adjective

mōrōsīs

  1. dative masculine plural of mōrōsus
  2. dative feminine plural of mōrōsus
  3. dative neuter plural of mōrōsus
  4. ablative masculine plural of mōrōsus
  5. ablative neuter plural of mōrōsus
  6. ablative feminine plural of mōrōsus
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