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id·i·ot

(ĭd′ē-ət)
n.
1. A person who is considered foolish or stupid.
2. A person with profound intellectual disability having a mental age below three years and generally unable to learn connected speech or guard against common dangers. The term belongs to a classification system no longer in use and is now considered offensive.
[Middle English, ignorant person, from Old French idiote, from Latin idiōta, from Greek idiōtēs, private person, layman, from idios, own, private; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots.]
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idiot

(ˈɪdɪət)
n
1. (Psychiatry) a person with severe mental retardation
2. a foolish or senseless person
[C13: from Latin idiōta ignorant person, from Greek idiōtēs private person, one who lacks professional knowledge, ignoramus; see idio-]
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id•i•ot

(ˈɪd i ət)

n.
1. an utterly stupid or foolish person.
2. a person of the lowest order in a former classification of mental retardation, having a mental age of less than three years and an intelligence quotient under 25.
[1250–1300; Middle English < Latin idiōta < Greek idiṓtēs private person, layman, person lacking skill =idiō- (variant of idio- idio-) + -tēs agent n. suffix]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:idiot - a person of subnormal intelligence]idiot - a person of subnormal intelligence
mongoloid - a person suffering from Down syndrome (no longer used technically in this sense)
simpleton, simple - a person lacking intelligence or common sense
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idiot

noun
1. fool, jerk (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), ass, plank (Brit. slang), charlie (Brit. informal), berk (Brit. slang), prick (derogatory slang), wally (slang), prat (slang), plonker (slang), moron, geek (slang), twit (informal, chiefly Brit.), chump, imbecile, cretin, oaf, simpleton, airhead (slang), dimwit (informal), dipstick (Brit. slang), dickhead (slang), gonzo (slang), schmuck (U.S. slang), dork (slang), nitwit (informal), blockhead, divvy (Brit. slang), pillock (Brit. slang), halfwit, nincompoop, dweeb (U.S. slang), putz (U.S. slang), eejit (Scot. & Irish), thicko (Brit. slang), dumb-ass (slang), gobshite (Irish taboo slang), dunderhead, numpty (Scot. informal), doofus (slang, chiefly U.S.), lamebrain (informal), fuckwit (taboo slang), mooncalf, nerd or nurd (slang), numbskull or numskull, galah (Austral. & N.Z. informal) I knew I'd been an idiot to stay there.
2. simpleton, cretin, halfwit the village idiot
adjective
1. stupid, simple, slow, thick, dull, naive, dim, dense, dumb (informal), deficient, crass, gullible, simple-minded, dozy (Brit. informal), witless, stolid, dopey (informal), moronic, obtuse, brainless, cretinous, unintelligent, half-witted, slow on the uptake (informal), braindead (informal), dumb-ass (slang), doltish, slow-witted, woodenheaded (informal) a bunch of idiot journalists
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idiot

noun
One deficient in judgment and good sense:
Informal: dope, gander, goose.
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Translations
أَبْلَهٌ أبْلَه، مَعْتوهأحْمَق
абдал
idiotblbec
idiottåbe
idioot
idiootti
idiot
idióta
fífl, heimskingiörviti
ばか
바보
idiota
idiotasidiotiškaiidiotiškasidiotizmassilpnaprotystė
idiotsmuļķis
idiot
idiot
абдал
idiot
mjinga
คนโง่
salak ahmak geri zekâlı kimse
thằng ngốc

idiot

[ˈɪdɪət]
A. N (= fool) → tonto/a m/f; (= imbecile) → idiota mf, imbécil mf
you (stupid) idiot! → ¡imbécil!
her idiot son → el idiota or imbécil de su hijo
B. CPD idiot board N (TV) → chuleta f, autocue m
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idiot

[ˈɪdiət] n → idiot(e) m/f
you idiot! → espèce d'idiot !
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

idiot

n → Idiot m, → Dummkopf m, → Schwachkopf m; (old Med) → Idiot(in) m(f), → Schwachsinnige(r) mf; what an idiot! → so ein Idiot or Dummkopf!; you (stupid) idiot! → du Idiot!; where’s that idiot waiter? → wo ist dieser blöde Ober?, wo ist dieser Idiot von Ober?; this idiot brother of mine → dieser Schwachkopf or Dummkopf or Idiot von meinem Bruder ; what an idiot I am/was! → ich Idiot!; to feel like an idiot → sich dumm vorkommen ; to look like an idiot → dumm aussehen

idiot

:
idiot board
n (inf) → Teleprompter m
idiot box
n (inf) → Glotze f (inf)
idiot card
n (TV) → Neger m (spec)
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idiot

[ˈɪdɪət] n → deficiente m/f, stupido/a
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idiot

(ˈidiət) noun
1. a foolish person. She was an idiot to give up such a good job. dwaas أحْمَق идиот idiota blbec der Idiot idiot; tåbe ανόητος idiota idioot ابله idiootti idiot, idiote טפש पागल, मूर्ख idiot ostoba orang bodoh fífl, heimskingi idiota まぬけ 바보 idiotas muļķis bodoh idioot idiot, tosk, fjols idiota احمق، بې عقل، يڅ (دذهن له مخى idiota idiot идиот, дурак hlupák bedak idiot idiot คนโง่เง่า ahmak 傻子 дурень احمق kẻ ngốc 傻子
2. a person with very low intelligence. swaksinnige أبْلَه، مَعْتوه идиот idiota idiot der/die Schwachsinnige idiot ηλίθιος idiota idioot آدم عقب افتاده typerys idiot, idiote גולם मंदबुद्धि slaboumnik idióta orang tolol örviti idiota 白痴 백치 idiotas idiots dungu idioot idiot, lite intelligent person idiota بی عقله سړی idiota idiot идиот, слабоумныи idiot idiot idiot idiot คนปัญญาอ่อน geri zekâlı kimse 白痴 ідіот کم عقل người kém thông minh 白痴
ˈidiocy noun
dwaasheid بلاهَه، عُتْه، حَماقَه идиотщина idiotia idiotství der Schwachsinn idioti ηλιθιότητα idiotez idiootsus حماقت idioottimaisuus imbécillité אִידְיוֹטִיות जड़ता, मूर्खता idiotizam hülyeség ketololan heimska, bjánaskapur; fávitastig idiozia 白痴 백치, 정신 박약 idiotizmas, silpnaprotystė idiotisms; muļķība kebodohan idiotie, idiootheid idioti, lav intelligens niedorozwój umysłowy فكرى كمزورى چې ددماغ دنيمګړى او غير طبيعى ودى په اثر پېدا شوى وى، حماقت، پڅوالى ( دفكر idiotia imbecilitate идиотизм hlúposť, slabomyseľnosť idiotizem idiotluk idioti ความโง่เขลา geri zekâlılık, ahmaklık 低能,愚蠢行為 ідіотизм حماقت tính ngu ngốc 白痴,愚蠢的行为
ˌidiˈotic (-ˈotik) adjective
idioties, onnosel أبْلَه، أحْمَق идиотичен idiota idiotský idiotisch idiotisk ηλίθιος idiota idiootlik احمقانه idioottimainen idiot אִידיוֹטִי मूर्ख idiotski, glup hülye tolol heimskulegur idiota まぬけな 어리석은 idiotiškas idiotisks; muļķīgs bodoh idioot idiotisk, fjollet idiotyczny احمقانه idiota idiot идиотский idiotský idiotski idiotski idiotisk โง่เง่า ahmakça, aptalca 愚蠢的,低能的 ідіотський, безглуздий احمقانہ khờ dại 白痴的
ˌidiˈotically adverb
idioties بِحَماقَه идиотично estupidamente idiotsky idiotisch idiotiskt ηλίθια idiotamente, estúpidamente idiootlikult بطور ابلهانه idioottimaisesti idiotement בְּטִפּשוּת मूर्खता से idiotsko ostobán secara tolol heimskulega idiotamente 愚かにも 아주 바보스럽게 idiotiškai idiotiski; muļķīgi dengan bodoh idioot idiotisk, fjollet idiotycznie په احمقانه ډول estupidamente (în mod) stupid по-идиотски idiotsky idiotsko idiotski idiotiskt อย่างโง่เง่า ahmakça, aptal aptal 愚蠢地 ідіотськи ابلہانہ một cách ngu ngốc 愚蠢地
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idiot

→ أَبْلَهٌ idiot idiot Idiot ηλίθιος idiota idiootti idiot idiot idiota ばか 바보 idioot idiot idiota idiota идиот idiot คนโง่ salak thằng ngốc 白痴
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idiot

a. idiota, imbécil.
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Faux, senior, had told his son very frankly, that he must not look to being set up in business by HIM: with seven sons, and one of them a very healthy and well-developed idiot, who consumed a dumpling about eight inches in diameter every day, it was pretty well if they got a hundred apiece at his death.
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His delight was hers; and where many a wise son would have made her sorrowful, this poor light-hearted idiot filled her breast with thankfulness and love.
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Laughing and chattering like the idiot I was fast becoming I fell upon his prostrate form my fingers feeling for his dead throat.
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The boy's such an utter idiot, he'd never learn to answer to it."
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"You are a detestable hypocrite and an idiot!" shouted the Party Manager.
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"But how was it?" he asked, "how was it that you (idiot that you are)," he added to himself, "were so very confidential a couple of hours after your first meeting with these people?
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For the early worshipper was none other than the village idiot, a nephew of the blacksmith, one who neither would nor could care for the church or for anything else.
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I wonder if you were idiot enough to do that, Aynesworth?"
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Suddenly it occurred to her that they might think she was an idiot; Tom had said that her cropped hair made her look like an idiot, and it was too painful an idea to be readily forgotten.
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an idiot; though I know not whether I should not admire her cunning
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But Maud said, "Tut, tut," in gentle reproval, and then asked why I was a blithering idiot.
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Such large virtue lurks in these small things when extreme political superstitions invest them, that in some royal instances even to idiot imbecility they have imparted potency.
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