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μωρός
foolish, stupid /moˈros/
adjectiveB2#2251 most common
Also: silly, dull-witted, unwise
Example sentences
Είναι μωρός.
He is stupid.
Μην είσαι μωρός!
Don't be stupid!
Αυτό που είπες ήταν πολύ μωρό.
What you said was very foolish.
Ένιωσα μωρός που δεν το κατάλαβα αμέσως.
I felt foolish for not understanding it right away.
Η μωρή του απόφαση κόστισε στην εταιρεία εκατομμύρια.
His foolish decision cost the company millions.
Θα ήταν μωρό εκ μέρους μας να αγνοήσουμε τις προειδοποιήσεις των ειδικών.
It would be foolish on our part to ignore the experts' warnings.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | μωρός | μωροί |
| Genitive | μωρού | μωρών |
| Accusative | μωρό | μωρούς |
| Vocative | μωρέ | μωροί |
Word family
μωρίαfolly, foolishness
μωραίνωto make or become foolish; to dim (of light)
μωρολογίαfoolish talk, nonsense
μωρέ / μωρήcolloquial vocative used as an informal way to address someone (like "hey you")
Etymology
Ancient Greek μωρός meant dull, sluggish, and by extension foolish or stupid. Its ultimate origin is disputed; many scholars treat it as a word without a clear Indo-European source, possibly inherited from a pre-Greek substrate language. It produced the noun μωρία (folly), and in 1910 the American psychologist Henry Goddard borrowed it directly to coin the English clinical term moron.
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