idiot

  • 21idiot — ► NOUN 1) informal a stupid person. 2) Medicine, archaic a mentally handicapped person. ORIGIN Greek idi t s layman, ignorant person , from idios own …

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  • 22idiot — [id′ē ət] n. [ME idiote < OFr < L idiota, ignorant and common person < Gr idiōtēs, layman, ignorant person < idios, one s own, peculiar: see IDIO ] 1. Obs. a retarded person mentally equal or inferior to a child two years old: see… …

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  • 23Idiot — For other uses, see Idiot (disambiguation) and The Idiot (disambiguation). An idiot, dolt, or dullard is a mentally deficient person, or someone who acts in a self defeating or significantly counterproductive way. Archaically the word mome has… …

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  • 24idiot — 01. Of course people didn t live at the same time as dinosaurs! Don t be such an [idiot]! 02. The guy is such an [idiot]. He thinks I m in love with him, but I simply can t stand him. 03. She felt like an [idiot] when she tried to speak Italian,… …

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  • 25Idiot — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Idiot », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Sommaire …

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  • 26idiot — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ babbling (esp. AmE), big, blithering, brainless, bumbling, gibbering, little, mindless, right (BrE, informal) …

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  • 27idiot — n. 1) a blithering, blooming, driveling idiot 2) the local, village idiot 3) an idiot to + inf. (he was an idiot to agree) * * * [ ɪdɪət] blooming driveling idiot village idiot a blithering the local an idiot to + inf. (he was an idiot to agree) …

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  • 28idiot —    The word is sometimes used alone in a semi exclamatory way, especially when someone has just said something foolish. It is also frequent as ‘you idiot’ and in expanded forms. Thus, an uncle addresses his nephew in Mariana, by Monica Dickens,… …

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  • 29idiot — [[t]ɪ̱diət[/t]] idiots 1) N COUNT (disapproval) If you call someone an idiot, you are showing that you think they are very stupid or have done something very stupid. I knew I d been an idiot to stay there... You re an idiot! Syn: fool, moron 2)… …

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  • 30Idiot — Der Ausdruck Idiot ist im heutigen Sprachgebrauch nurmehr als Schimpfwort geläufig und bezeichnet als solches einen dummen Menschen. Mehr oder minder stark pejorative Synonyme sind etwa „Dummkopf“, „Depp“, „Trottel,“ „Schwachkopf“ oder… …

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