What is the real meaning of idiot?

Answer 1

A man in private station, as distinguished from one holding a public office., An unlearned, ignorant, or simple person, as distinguished from the educated; an ignoramus., 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., A fool; a simpleton; -- a term of reproach.