Definition

silly talk, i.e. buffoonery

Etymology

from a compound of G3474 (μωρός) and G3004 (λέγω);

Word family

• μωρός mōrós
• λέγω légō

How the KJV renders it

• foolish talking

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.