morcão

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish morcón.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: mor‧cão

Noun

morcão m (plural morcões)

  1. (Portugal, informal, derogatory) idiot, dork
    Synonyms: idiota, imbecil, parvo
    • 1887, Eça de Queirós, “I”, in A Relíquia, page 60:
      Ai de mim! Um dia veio, porém, em que a Adélia, em vez de me chamar morcão, quando, esfalfado no serviço do Senhor, eu mal podia ajudá-la a desatacar o colete, passou, sempre que os meus lábios insaciáveis se colavam demais ao seu colo, a empurrar-me, a chamar-me carraça (...)
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