Idiot

Idiot
Idiot Id"i*ot ([i^]d"[i^]*[o^]t), n. [F. idiot, L. idiota an uneducated, ignorant, ill-informed person, Gr. 'idiw`ths, also and orig., a private person, not holding public office, fr. 'i`dios proper, peculiar. See {Idiom}.] 1. A man in private station, as distinguished from one holding a public office. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

St. Austin affirmed that the plain places of Scripture are sufficient to all laics, and all idiots or private persons. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]

2. An unlearned, ignorant, or simple person, as distinguished from the educated; an ignoramus. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Christ was received of idiots, of the vulgar people, and of the simpler sort, while he was rejected, despised, and persecuted even to death by the high priests, lawyers, scribes, doctors, and rabbis. --C. Blount. [1913 Webster]

3. A human being destitute of the ordinary intellectual powers, whether congenital, developmental, or accidental; commonly, a person without understanding from birth; a natural fool. In a former classification of mentally retarded people, idiot designated a person whose adult level of intelligence was equivalent to that of a three-year old or younger; this corresponded with an I.Q. level of approximately 25 or less. [1913 Webster +PJC]

Life . . . is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

4. A fool; a simpleton; -- a term of reproach. [1913 Webster]

Weenest thou make an idiot of our dame? --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • idiot — idiot, ote (i di o, o t ) adj. 1°   Dépourvu d intelligence. •   Ils rejetèrent cette friponnerie sur Ésope, ne croyant pas qu il se pût jamais justifier, tant il était bègue et paraissait idiot !, LA FONT. Vie d Ésope.. •   Ce n est point du… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • Idiot — Sm std. (16. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus l. idiōta, idiōtēs der Ungebildete, Laie, Stümper , dieses aus gr. idiṓtēs (dass., eigentlich: die Einzelperson im Gegensatz zum Staat, der Nichtkenner im Gegensatz zum Sachverständigen ), zu gr. ídios… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • idiot — (n.) early 14c., person so mentally deficient as to be incapable of ordinary reasoning; also in Middle English simple man, uneducated person, layman (late 14c.), from O.Fr. idiote uneducated or ignorant person (12c.), from L. idiota ordinary… …   Etymology dictionary

  • idiot — IDIOT, [idi]ote. s. Ignorant, stupide, imbecille. C est un idiot, un pauvre idiot. le prenez vous, le voulez vous faire passer pour un idiot, pour idiot? elle n est pas si idiote que vous pensez …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

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  • idiot — id·i·ot / i dē ət/ n: a person with esp. profound mental retardation ◇ While the terms idiot imbecile, and moron survive in many state codes and statutes, they are generally no longer used in both medical and legal contexts. The modern… …   Law dictionary

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