morosis
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μώρωσις (mṓrōsis, “mental slowness, dementia”). Compare moron.
Noun
morosis
- (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!
- Alexander Chalmers
Related terms
- moron
Latin
Adjective
mōrōsīs
- dative masculine plural of mōrōsus
- dative feminine plural of mōrōsus
- dative neuter plural of mōrōsus
- ablative masculine plural of mōrōsus
- ablative neuter plural of mōrōsus
- ablative feminine plural of mōrōsus