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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈɪdiət/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈɪdiət/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(id′ē ət)

id•i•ot /ˈɪdiət/USA pronunciation n. [countable]

a completely stupid or foolish person:He was a total idiot to squander his life savings.
Psychologyformerly, a person classified in the lowest rank of mental retardation.

id•i•ot (id′ē ət),USA pronunciation n.

an utterly foolish or senseless person.
Psychologya person of the lowest order in a former classification of mental retardation, having a mental age of less than three years old and an intelligence quotient under 25.

Greek idió̄tēs private person, layman, person lacking skill or expertise, equivalent. to idiō- (lengthened variant of idio- idio-, perh. by analogy with stratiōtēs professional soldier, derivative of stratiá army) + -tēs agent noun, nominal suffix
Latin idiōta
Middle English 1250–1300

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idiot /ˈɪdɪət/ n

a foolish or senseless person
old-fashioned offensive a person with a severe learning disability

Etymology: 13th Century: from Latin idiōta ignorant person, from Greek idiōtēs private person, one who lacks professional knowledge, ignoramus; see idio-

'idiot' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

blasted - blithering - complement - congenital - deuced - even - flaming - gonzo - idiot board - idiot box - idiotic - idiot savant - idiot strings - idiot tape - set down - Sherwood - some - thundering - blinking - dolt - feeble-minded - fool - idiocy - idiot card - idiotism - idiotize - idiot-proof - idiot's delight - innocent - lowbrow - natural - of - roaring

In Lists: B2 - Unit 4, more...

Synonyms: moron, dumbass, imbecile, numbskull, dummy, more...

Collocations: a [total, sheer, blind, complete] idiot, is idiot proof, was a complete idiot (today), more...

🗣️Forum discussions with the word(s) "idiot" in the title:

A student sent by the dean, who was an idiot, died.
Are you currently depriving a village somewhere of an idiot?
at least , I've figured it out now before I look like an idiot.
Ben said(,) ''Idiot!'' (comma?)
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comma with direct address [vocative expression]: ...talk, you idiot!
dashboard/warning/indicator/idiot lights in a car?
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even if one is <a bloody idiot>
For me, he is an idiot. [for me = in my opinion]
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He seems a teacher/a good teacher/an idiot.
I don’t come off <as> quite as much of an idiot.
I felt like an idiot not playing him.
I think he'd dismissed me as an idiot [meaning]
I told him not to do it, but the idiot did it anyway.
I went over the idiot's head.
I wish I hadn't married that idiot
I would say that you were an idiot if you killed your mother
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I've got an idiot for a brother.
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