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idiot

[ id-ee-uht ]

noun

  1. Informal. an utterly foolish or senseless person:

    If you think you can wear that outfit to a job interview and get hired, you're an idiot!

    Synonyms: , , , , ,

  2. Psychology. (no longer in technical use; considered offensive) a person of the lowest order in a former and discarded classification of intellectual disability, having a mental age of less than three years old and an intelligence quotient under 25.


idiot

/ 藞瑟诲瑟蓹迟 /

noun

  1. a person with severe mental retardation
  2. a foolish or senseless person
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 颈诲路颈路辞迟路颈肠 [id-ee-, ot, -ik], adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of idiot1

First recorded in 1250鈥1300; Middle English, from Latin 颈诲颈艒迟补, from Greek 颈诲颈峁搕脓蝉 鈥減rivate person, layman, person lacking skill or expertise,鈥 equivalent to 颈诲颈艒- (lengthened variant of idio- idio-, perhaps by analogy with 蝉迟谤补迟颈艒迟脓蝉 鈥減rofessional soldier,鈥 derivative of 蝉迟谤补迟颈谩 鈥渁rmy鈥) + -迟脓蝉 agent noun suffix
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of idiot1

C13: from Latin 颈诲颈艒迟补 ignorant person, from Greek 颈诲颈艒迟脓蝉 private person, one who lacks professional knowledge, ignoramus; see idio-
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It's like the village idiot convention in a Woody Allen satire.

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The 39-year-old hairdresser apologised for writing "You lost, idiot" on the statue of Justice outside the Supreme Federal Court - an incident dubbed the "lipstick coup".

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He swore and called himself an "idiot" over the radio to his team in the immediate aftermath of the accident.

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He swore over the radio that he was an "idiot", but was unhurt.

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Boeing鈥檚 plight is just one aspect of a White House tariff policy that increasingly resembles, as Shakespeare might have put it, 鈥渁 tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.鈥

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