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idiot
[ id-ee-uht ]
noun
- 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: , , , , ,
- 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
/ ˈɪɪə /
noun
- a person with severe mental retardation
- a foolish or senseless person
Other 51Թ Forms
- ··dz· [id-ee-, ot, -ik], adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of idiot1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of idiot1
Example Sentences
Such efforts often have made even the savviest investors and best-credentialed experts look like idiots.
Amid the boos and whistles you can hear a shout of "idiots".
According to her claims, he referred to her as his "property" and subjected her to verbal abuse, calling her an "idiot," among other names.
Meanwhile, people who texted their relatives “Can you believe this idiot?” are being detained and/or denied entry.
“Millions are to be grabbed out here,” Herman J. Mankiewicz wrote Ben Hecht in 1926, “and your only competition is idiots.”
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