Idiot

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English

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Etymology

Middle English < Latin idiota < Greek ιδιώτης (idiotes) "a private citizen", "individual", also "one who has no professional knowledge, layman" and "unpractised, unskilled" < ίδιος (idios) "one's own, pertaining to oneself, private"; used derisively in ancient Athens to refer to one who declined to take part in public life.

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Noun

idiot (plural: idiots)

  1. A common term for a person of low general intelligence.
    usage note This may be used pejoratively, as an insult. It is a weak insult, however, and between close friends, family members, or lovers, is often completely nonaggressive.
  2. A medical or psychological term meaning a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old.
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French

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Pronunciation

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Noun

Singular Plural
Male idiot
/i.djɔ/ 		idiots
/i.djɔ/
Female idiote
/i.djɔt/ 		idiotes
/i.djɔt/

idiot m. (pl.: idiots)

  1. idiot
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Slovak

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Noun

idiot m., idioti pl.
idiot stem
idiota gen sg
declension pattern chlap
  1. idiot
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Derived words

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Swedish

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Noun

idiot c. (pl. idioter, def. sg. idioten, def. pl. idioterna)

  1. idiot

el:idiot fr:idiot it:idiot no:idiot fi:idiot sv:idiot zh:idiot

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