| Idiot (idiot) |
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| n. | (***ibreve]d"***ibreve]*t) |
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| Id"i*ot |
| [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.] |
A man in private station, as distinguished
from one holding a public office.
An unlearned, ignorant, or simple person,
as distinguished from the educated; an ignoramus.
A human being destitute of the ordinary
intellectual powers, whether congenital, developmental, or
accidental; commonly, a person without understanding from birth; a
natural fool; a natural; an innocent.
A fool; a simpleton; -- a term of
reproach.
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