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Definition of Idiot

Idiot
Idiot Id"i*ot, n. [F. idiot, L. idiota an uneducated, ignorant, ill-informed person, Gr. ?, also and orig., a private person, not holding public office, fr. ? proper, peculiar. See Idiom.] 1. A man in private station, as distinguished from one holding a public office. [Obs.] St. Austin affirmed that the plain places of Scripture are sufficient to all laics, and all idiots or private persons. --Jer. Taylor. 2. An unlearned, ignorant, or simple person, as distinguished from the educated; an ignoramus. [Obs.] Christ was received of idiots, of the vulgar people, and of the simpler sort, while he was rejected, despised, and persecuted even to death by the high priests, lawyers, scribes, doctors, and rabbis. --C. Blount. 3. 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. Life . . . is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. --Shak. 4. A fool; a simpleton; -- a term of reproach. Weenest thou make an idiot of our dame? --Chaucer.

Meaning of Idiot from wikipedia

- An idiot, in modern use, is a stupid or foolish person. "Idiot" was formerly a technical term in legal and psychiatric contexts for some kinds of profound...
- The Idiot (pre-reform Russian: Идіотъ; post-reform Russian: Идиот, romanized: Idiót) is a novel by the 19th-century Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky....
- American Idiot is the seventh studio album by the American rock band Green Day, released on September 21, 2004, by Reprise Records. The album was produced...
- Look up idiot in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Idiot is a novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky. The Idiot may also refer to: The Idiot, a 1914 drama film...
- An idiot-proof or foolproof design is one that cannot be misused either inherently, or by use of defensive design principles. The implication is that...
- up idiot in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An idiot is a stupid or foolish person. Idiot may also refer to: Idiot (1992 film), by Mani Kaul Idiot (2002...
- The Idiot is the debut solo studio album by the American musician Iggy Pop, released on March 18, 1977, through RCA Records. It was produced by David...
- Look up idiot box in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Idiot box is slang for a television. It may refer to: The Idiot Box (TV series), a 1990 sketch comedy...
- The Idiots (Danish: Idioterne) is a 1998 black comedy drama film written and directed by Lars von Trier. It is his first film made in compliance with the...
- literary criticism, an idiot plot is one which is "kept in motion solely by virtue of the fact that everybody involved is an idiot",: 26  and where the...