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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish morcón.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
- Hyphenation: mor‧cão
Noun
morcão m (plural morcões)
- (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 (...)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)