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 Definitions of IDIOT  [ˈɪd i ət]  

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Definition of 'IDIOT' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) idiot
an utterly stupid or foolish person.

2.  idiot
a person of the lowest order in a former classification of mental retardation, having a mental age of less than three years and an intelligence quotient under 25.

Etymology:  (1250–1300; ME < L idiōta < Gk idiṒtēs private person, layman, person lacking skill =idiō- (var. of idio-idio -) +-tēs agent n. suffix)

Definition of 'IDIOT' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) idiot, imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit, retard
a person of subnormal intelligence


Definition of 'IDIOT' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) idiot
a stupid person
I've been such an idiot!


Definition of 'IDIOT' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) IDIOT
a man in private station, as distinguished from one holding a public office

2. (noun) IDIOT
an unlearned, ignorant, or simple person, as distinguished from the educated; an ignoramus

3. (noun) IDIOT
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

4. (noun) IDIOT
a fool; a simpleton; -- a term of reproach


Definitions of 'IDIOT' The New Hacker's Dictionary 

1.  IDIOT
Synonym for PEBKAC, e.g. “The user is being an idiot”. Tech-support people passing a problem report to someone higher up the food chain (and presumably better equipped to deal with idiots) may ask the user to convey that there seems to be an I-D-ten-T error. Users never twig.


Translation of 'IDIOT' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a foolish person
She was an idiot to give up such a good job.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: dwaas Arabic flag Arabic: أحْمَق Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: идиот
Brazilian flag Brazilian: idiota Czech flag Czech: blbec German flag German: der Idiot
Danish flag Danish: idiot; tåbe Greek flag Greek: ανόητος Spanish flag Spanish: idiota
Estonian flag Estonian: idioot Farsi flag Farsi: ابله Finnish flag Finnish: idiootti
French flag French: idiot, idiote Hebrew flag Hebrew: טפש Hindi flag Hindi: पागल, मूर्ख
Croatian flag Croatian: idiot Hungarian flag Hungarian: ostoba Indonesian flag Indonesian: orang bodoh
Icelandic flag Icelandic: fífl, heimskingi Italian flag Italian: idiota Japanese flag Japanese: まぬけ
Korean flag Korean: 바보 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: idiotas Latvian flag Latvian: muļķis
Malay flag Malay: bodoh Dutch flag Dutch: idioot Norwegian flag Norwegian: idiot, tosk, fjols
Polish flag Polish: idiota Persian flag Persian: ابله Pashto flag Pashto: احمق، بې عقل، يڅ (دذهن له
Portuguese flag Portuguese: idiota Romanian flag Romanian: idiot Russian flag Russian: идиот, дурак
Slovak flag Slovak: hlupák Slovenian flag Slovenian: bedak Serbian flag Serbian: idiot
Swedish flag Swedish: idiot Thai flag Thai: คนโง่เง่า Turkish flag Turkish: ahmak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 傻子 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: дурень Urdu flag Urdu: احمق
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: kẻ ngốc Chinese flag Chinese: 傻子

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