morosis

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔːˈɹəʊsɪs/

Noun

morosis (countable and uncountable, plural moroses)

1. (medicine, obsolete) idiocy; fatuity; stupidity
   • December 23 1786, L. F., The Lounger No. 99

     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!

Related terms

• moron

Latin

Adjective

mōrōsīs

1. dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of mōrōsus