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idiot¹
- /ˈɪdiət/ UK, US
- /ˈɪd͡ʒət/
Where it comes from
From Middle English idiote, ydiote, from Old French idiote (later idiot), from Latin idiota, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “a private citizen, one who has no professional knowledge, layman”), from ἴδιος (ídios, “one's own, pertaining to oneself, private”). Doublet of idiota. By surface analysis, idi- + -ot.
noun idiots · idjit · idget · eejit
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A person of low general intelligence.
Only an idiot would fail this exam.
Similar: imbecile, moron, retard, alcatote, asshat, arsehole, asshole, bayard, berk, birdbrain, blither, bobchin
- A person who makes stupid decisions; a fool. He thought people who don't like cricket are idiots. He later got into fights with people who like football.
- A person of the lowest intellectual standing, a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old; a person with an IQ below 30. Idiots were thought to be peculiarly under the care of the Deity, and it was believed that those who treated them kindly would be blessed.
Similar: addle-brain, addlehead, addle pate, airhead, baboon, beanbrain, beetlebrain, beetlehead, berk, bimbo, birdbrain, blockhead, blubberbrain, bonehead, Boeotian, boob, bozo, brainlet, brickhead, bubblehead, bubble brain, bufflehead, buffoon, Charlie, chowderhead, chucklehead, chump, cittern-head, clod, clodpate · Opposite: genius, intelligent person
adjective more idiot · most idiot · idjit · idget · eejit
- Idiotic, stupid.
IDiot²
noun IDiots
- A proponent of intelligent design. In his moronic book, _The Design Revolution: Answering the Toughest Questions about Intelligent Design_ (2004), 334pp., the IDiot William Dembski writes on page 305 about how a fellow IDiot was fired from a research position at a "prestigious molecular biology laboratory" the very same day a press s
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: moron, half-wit, imbecile, retard, changeling, cretin, dimwit, nitwit, dunce, birdbrain, knucklehead, fool, booby, dumbo, idiotic, dolt
noun
Similar: addle-brain, addlehead, addle pate, airhead, baboon, beanbrain, beetlebrain, beetlehead, berk, bimbo, birdbrain, blockhead, blubberbrain, bonehead, Boeotian, boob, bozo, brainlet, brickhead, bubblehead, bubble brain, bufflehead, buffoon, Charlie, chowderhead, chucklehead, chump, cittern-head, clod, clodpate · Opposite: genius, intelligent person
Translations
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noun person of low general intelligence
| Español | idiota |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 백치 baekchi, 바보 babo, 등신 deungsin, 멍청이 meongcheong'i, 천치 cheonchi |
| 日本語 | 馬鹿 baka, あほ aho, 白痴 hakuchi, 戯け者 |
| 中文 | 白痴 báichī, 傻子 shǎzi, 蠢貨 /蠢货 chǔnhuò, 傻瓜 shǎguā, 笨蛋 bèndàn, 蠢材 chǔncái |
| हिन्दी | मूर्ख mūrkh, बुद्धू buddhū, उल्लू ullū, बेवक़ूफ़ bevqūf, अहमक़ ahmaq, अहमक ahmak |
| Kiswahili | mjinga, kichwamaji |
| Português | idiota |
| Français | idiot, idiote, imbécile, bouffon, bouffonne, crétin |
| Deutsch | Idiot, Idiotin, Narr, Närrin, Dummkopf, dumme Gans |
| Italiano | idiota, squasimodeo |
| Ελληνικά | βλάκας vlákas, ηλίθιος ilíthios |
| Română | idiot, idioată, idioți, idioate |
| Русский | идио́т idiót, идио́тка idiótka, дура́к durák, ду́ра dúra, ду́рень dúrenʹ, глупе́ц glupéc |
| Tiếng Việt | thằng ngốc, thằng ngu |
| العربية | أَحْمَق ʔaḥmaq, غَبِيّ ḡabiyy, مُغَفَّل muḡaffal, أَبْلَه ʔablah, عَبِيط ʕabīṭ |
| עברית | אִידְיוֹט idyót, גולם \ גֹּלֶם gólem, שׁוֹטֶה shoté |
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title = {idiot},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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