morosis
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek μώρωσις (mṓrōsis, “mental slowness, dementia”). Compare moron.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
morosis (countable and uncountable, plural moroses)
- (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!
- December 23 1786, L. F., The Lounger No. 99
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mōrōsīs