idiot

id·i·ot  (d-t)

n.

1. A foolish or stupid person.

2. A person of profound mental retardation having a mental age below three years and generally being 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.

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[Middle English, ignorant person, from Old French idiote, from Latin idita, from Greek idits, private person, layman, from idios, own, private; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots.]

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idiot

Noun

1. a foolish or senseless person

2. No longer in technical use a person with severe mental retardation [Greek idiōtēs private person, ignoramus]

idiotic adj
idiotically adv

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

idiot - a person of subnormal intelligence changeling, cretin, half-wit, imbecile, moron, retard 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 fool, jerk (slang), chiefly U.S., Canad. ass, plank Brit. (slang) charlie Brit. (informal) berk Brit. (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) 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 dumb-ass (slang) dunderhead, numpty Scot. (informal) doofus (slang), chiefly U.S. lamebrain (informal) mooncalf, nerd or nurd (slang) numbskull or numskull, galah Austral., N.Z. (informal) dorba or dorb Austral. (slang) bogan Austral. (slang)

Translations

idiot [ˈɪdɪət] n (gen) → idiota m/f (= fool); tonto/a

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idiot [ˈɪdɪət] n → idiot(e) → imbécile m/f

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idiot [ˈɪdɪət] n → Idiot(in) m(f), Dummkopf m

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idiot [ˈɪdɪət] n → idiota m/f