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ALL meanings of idiot

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  • noun idiot stupid person 1
  • noun idiot deficient person 1
  • noun idiot 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! 1
  • noun idiot Psychology. (no longer in technical use; considered offensive) a person of the lowest order in a former and discarded classification of mental retardation, having a mental age of less than three years old and an intelligence quotient under 25. 1
  • noun idiot (pejorative) A person of low general intelligence. 0
  • noun idiot (Obsolete (No longer in use)) (medicine, psychology) A person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old. 0
  • countable noun idiot If you call someone an idiot, you are showing that you think they are very stupid or have done something very stupid. 0
  • adjective idiot Idiot means stupid. 0
  • countable noun idiot In the past, people who had something wrong with their brains that made them seem less intelligent, or different from other people, were sometimes called idiots. 0
  • noun idiot a person with severe learning difficulties 0
  • noun idiot a foolish or senseless person 0
  • noun idiot a retarded person mentally equal or inferior to a child two years old 0
  • noun idiot a very foolish or stupid person 0
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