village idiot
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village idiot
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From the saying “Every village has its village idiot”, alleged to be an old Yiddish proverb.
noun village idiots
- A person widely known in their community for their stupidity and mental deficiency. It is true that the Doocot was occasionally appropriated to other purposes than that of a tolbooth for the sorner, the drunken gipsy, the village idiot at the change of the moon, the swearing bluegown, and the contumacious birdnester on the sabbath; […]
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noun person widely known in their community for their stupidity and mental deficiency
| Español | tonto del pueblo |
|---|---|
| Português | idiota da vila |
| Français | idiot du village |
| Deutsch | Dorftrottel |
| Italiano | scemo del villaggio |
| Română | prostul satului |
| Русский | городско́й сумасше́дший gorodskój sumasšédšij, дереве́нский дурачо́к derevénskij duračók |
| עברית | שוטה הכפר shotéh hakfár |
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