"moronic" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /mɔːˈɹɒnɪk/ [UK], /mɔːˈɹɑnɪk/ [US] Audio: en-us-moronic.ogg [US], en-au-moronic.ogg [Australia] Forms: more moronic [comparative], most moronic [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɒnɪk Etymology: moron + -ic Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|moron|ic}} moron + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj}} moronic (comparative more moronic, superlative most moronic)
  1. (medicine, dated) Having a mental age of between seven and twelve years. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (having a mental age): geistig zurückgeblieben (German), efterbliven (Swedish), debil (Swedish), sinnesslö (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-moronic-en-adj-5NANkh0k Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 88 12 Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'having a mental age': 99 1
  2. (informal) Behaving in the manner of a moron; idiotic; stupid. Tags: informal Translations (behaving in the manner of a moron): βεβρός (bebrós) (Ancient Greek), schwachsinnig (German), debil (German), bescheuert (German), idiotisch (German), بوك (buñ) (Ottoman Turkish)
    Sense id: en-moronic-en-adj-oCWx68pP Disambiguation of 'behaving in the manner of a moron': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: moronicity, moronicness Related terms: moron, moronic acid

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      "word": "geistig zurückgeblieben"
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      "sense": "behaving in the manner of a moron",
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