Moron

      This is the only word to be voted into the English language. It is the scientific designation for a feeble minded person. It was adapted in 1910 by the American Association for the Study of the Feeble Minded from the name of a foolish character in Moliere's play "La Princesse d'Elide".
      Source: QPB Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins


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