Definition

to become insipid; figuratively, to make (passively, act) as a simpleton

Etymology

from G3474 (μωρός);

Word family

• μωρός mōrós

How the KJV renders it

• become fool
• make foolish
• lose savour

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.