idiot

n.

1. A foolish or stupid person.
2. A person of profound mental retardation having a mental age below three years and generally being unable to learn connected speech or guard against common dangers. The term belongs to a classification system no longer in use and is now considered offensive.

[Middle English, ignorant person, from Old French idiote, from Latin idiōta, from Greek idiōtēs, private person, layman, from idios, own, private.]

noun

One deficient in judgment and good sense: ass, fool, imbecile, jackass, mooncalf, moron, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, simple, simpleton, softhead, tomfool. Informal dope, gander, goose. Slang cretin, ding-dong, dip, goof, jerk, nerd, schmo, schmuck, turkey. See ability/inability.

n

Definition: very stupid person
Antonyms: brain, genius, intellectual

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A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling. The Idiot's activity is not confined to any special field of thought or action, but "pervades and regulates the whole." He has the last word in everything; his decision is unappealable. He sets the fashions and opinion of taste, dictates the limitations of speech and circumscribes conduct with a dead-line.

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Quotes:

"In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made School Boards." - Mark Twain

"Why is it that wherever I go, the resident idiot heads straight for me?" - Gwynn Thomas

"It takes 50000 nuts to put a car together, but only one to scatter them all over the road." - Darryl Somers

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - idiot, fjols, fæ

idioms:

• idiot board    skærm med tekst
• idiot box    TV
• idiot light    advarselslampe
• idiot savant    fagidiot

Nederlands (Dutch)
idioot

Français (French)
n. - imbécile, idiot

idioms:

• idiot board    prompteur (arg)
• idiot box    télévision
• idiot light    lumière de signalisation
• idiot savant    attardé mental ayant des facultés extraordinaires

Deutsch (German)
n. - Idiot, Dummkopf, (Med.) Schwachsinniger

idioms:

• idiot board    Tafel für Fernsehansager zur Erinnerungsstütze
• idiot box    Fernsehapparat
• idiot light    Warnleuchte
• idiot savant    für zurückgeblieben Geltender, der Genialität beweist

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ηλίθιος, (ιατρ.) ιδιώτης
adj. - ηλίθιος, για ηλίθιους

idioms:

• idiot board    πινακίδα με κείμενο που διαβάζει από απόσταση ο εκφωνητής της τηλεόρασης
• idiot box    χαζοκούτι, τηλεόραση
• idiot light    φωτεινή πηγή αναγγελίας βλάβης
• idiot savant    ιδιοφυής μικρόνους

Italiano (Italian)
idiota

idioms:

• idiot board    rullo o cartello per facilitare la lettura di testi a presentatori televisi
• idiot box    televisore
• idiot light    indicatore di allarme
• idiot savant    idiot savant, ritardato mentale particolarmente dotato in un limitato campo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - idiota (m) (f)
adj. - estúpido

idioms:

• idiot board    ponto (m) (soprador) mecânico (TV.)
• idiot box    televisão (f) (gír.)
• idiot light    luz (f) piloto de alerta no painel (Autom.)
• idiot savant    pessoa (f) retardada com talento prodigioso

Русский (Russian)
идиот

idioms:

• idiot board    экран, воспроизводящий текст для диктора
• idiot box    телевизор
• idiot light    лампочка, сигнализирующая о совершенной ошибке
• idiot savant    сумасшедший с недюжинными способностями в какой-л. узкой области

Español (Spanish)
n. - idiota, imbécil, tonto, tarado

idioms:

• idiot board    apuntador (para locutores de televisión)
• idiot box    aparato de televisión, caja boba
• idiot light    luz de aviso en el tablero del automóvil
• idiot savant    persona retardada con facultades especiales

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - idiot
adj. - idiot-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
白痴, 极蠢之人

idioms:

• idiot board    演员的提词板
• idiot box    电视机
• idiot light    傻瓜警示灯
• idiot savant    具有特殊技能而心智不健全者, 低能特才者

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 白癡, 極蠢之人

idioms:

• idiot board    演員的提詞板
• idiot box    電視機
• idiot light    傻瓜警示燈
• idiot savant    具有特殊技能而心智不健全者, 低能特才者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 바보, 백치

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ばか, 白痴

idioms:

• idiot board    せりふ指示板
• idiot box    テレビ
• idiot light    異常表示ランプ
• idiot savant    イディオサヴァン

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الشخص المعتوه (صفه) معتوه, أبله‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אידיוט, שוטה‬

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