Description:

The term 'mero' is primarily a noun and means the brain as an organ - it means to Common speakers about the same as 'brain' means to English speakers.

It can be used as a verb, in which case it has the sense of 'think up'. However, it is not the primary root for thinking or minds, as Common considers minds and brains to be separate. The use of 'mero' in this sense is a way of saying the thing thought up is smart, by which the speaker usually means, not smart. So it is generally meant ironically. It is also generally restricted to coming up with an idea. In this sense, 'mero' is a transitive skurun verb that takes an ergative subject that is the thinker and an absolutive object which is the idea.

In its form as a modifier 'meros', it means smart or intelligent and in this sense is generally meant sincerely. The further derived word 'merosyn' is the basic word for 'intelligence'.