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hypermorons

hypermorons is the plural of hypermoron.

Meaning of hypermoron

Noun

hypermoron (plural hypermorons)

  1. (obsolete) A person exhibiting a specific form of arrested development.
    • The proportion of hypermorons was found to be relatively large among manual laborers, domestic servants, army privates, sailors, school teachers, college instructors, telegraphers, stenographers, preachers, actors, farm hands, and small farmers. Attempts to elevate the harmless hypermoron from...1917, TEXACO STAR, Fools - Natural And Presumptuous, page 9

Questions about hypermorons

What is hypermorons the plural of?
Hypermorons is the plural of hypermoron.

Words near hypermorons in the dictionary

  1. hypermonosyllable
  2. hypermonosyllables
  3. hypermoral
  4. hypermorbidity
  5. hypermoron
  6. hypermorons
  7. hypermorph
  8. hypermorphic
  9. hypermorphism
  10. hypermorphisms
  11. hypermorphosis

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