idiot 音标拼音: ['ɪdiət]
n . 白痴,极蠢之人
白痴,极蠢之人
idiot n 1 :
a person of subnormal intelligence [
synonym : {
idiot },
{
imbecile }, {
cretin }, {
moron }, {
changeling }, {
half -
wit },
{
retard }]
Idiot \
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n . [
F .
idiot ,
L .
idiota an uneducated ,
ignorant ,
ill -
informed person ,
Gr . '
idiw `
ths ,
also and orig .,
a private person ,
not holding public office ,
fr . '
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dios proper ,
peculiar .
See {
Idiom }.]
1 .
A man in private station ,
as distinguished from one holding a public office . [
Obs .]
[
1913 Webster ]
St .
Austin affirmed that the plain places of Scripture are sufficient to all laics ,
and all idiots or private persons . --
Jer .
Taylor .
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2 .
An unlearned ,
ignorant ,
or simple person ,
as distinguished from the educated ;
an ignoramus . [
Obs .]
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Christ was received of idiots ,
of the vulgar people ,
and of the simpler sort ,
while he was rejected ,
despised ,
and persecuted even to death by the high priests ,
lawyers ,
scribes ,
doctors ,
and rabbis . --
C .
Blount .
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1913 Webster ]
3 .
A human being destitute of the ordinary intellectual powers ,
whether congenital ,
developmental ,
or accidental ;
commonly ,
a person without understanding from birth ;
a natural fool .
In a former classification of mentally retarded people ,
idiot designated a person whose adult level of intelligence was equivalent to that of a three -
year old or younger ;
this corresponded with an I .
Q .
level of approximately 25 or less .
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1913 Webster PJC ]
Life . . .
is a tale Told by an idiot ,
full of sound and fury ,
Signifying nothing . --
Shak .
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4 .
A fool ;
a simpleton ; --
a term of reproach .
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Weenest thou make an idiot of our dame ? --
Chaucer .
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1913 Webster ]
100 Moby Thesaurus words for "
idiot ":
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aliene ,
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ament ,
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ass ,
bedlamite ,
borderline case ,
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clot ,
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crackbrain ,
crackpot ,
cretin ,
defective ,
dement ,
demoniac ,
disordered personality ,
disturbed personality ,
donkey ,
double personality ,
drug user ,
dual personality ,
dullard ,
dullhead ,
dumbbell ,
dummkopf ,
dummy ,
emotionally unstable personality ,
energumen ,
escapist ,
fanatic ,
flake ,
fou ,
golem ,
half -
wit ,
hostile personality ,
hypochondriac ,
hypochondriast ,
ignoramus ,
imaginary invalid ,
imbecile ,
immature personality ,
inadequate personality ,
inferior personality ,
jackass ,
jerk ,
jester ,
juggins ,
kook ,
loon ,
loony ,
lunatic ,
madman ,
malade imaginaire ,
maladjusted personality ,
maniac ,
mentally defective personality ,
meshuggenah ,
mongoloid idiot ,
moral insanity ,
moron ,
motley ,
multiple personality ,
natural ,
natural idiot ,
natural -
born fool ,
neuropath ,
neurotic ,
neurotic personality ,
nincompoop ,
ninny ,
noncompos ,
nut ,
paranoid personality ,
perverse personality ,
phrenetic ,
psychoneurotic ,
psychopath ,
psychopathic personality ,
psychotic ,
psychotic personality ,
raving lunatic ,
schizoid ,
schizoid personality ,
screwball ,
seclusive personality ,
sexual psychopath ,
shut -
in personality ,
simp ,
simpleton ,
sociopath ,
split personality ,
stupid ,
tomfool ,
valetudinarian ,
valetudinary ,
weak personality ,
weirdo ,
zany IDIOT ,
Persons .
A person who has been without understanding from his nativity ,
and whom the law ,
therefore ,
presumes never likely to attain any .
Shelf .
on Lun .
2 .
2 .
It is an imbecility or sterility of mind ,
and not a perversion of the understanding .
Chit .
Med .
Jur .
345 ,
327 ,
note s ;
1 Russ .
on Cr .
6 ;
Bac .
Ab .
h .
t .
A ;
Bro .
Ab .
h .
t .;
Co .
Litt .
246 ,
247 ;
3 Mod .
44 ;
1 Vern .
16 ;
4 Rep .
126 ;
1 Bl .
Com .
302 .
When a man cannot count or number twenty ,
nor tell his father '
s or mother '
s name ,
nor how old he is ,
having been frequently told of it ,
it is a fair presumption that ,
he is devoid of understanding .
F .
N .
B .
233 .
Vide 1 Dow ,
P .
C .
now series ,
392 ;
S .
C .
3 Bligh ,
R .
new series ,
1 .
Persons born deaf ,
dumb ,
and blind ,
are ,
presumed to be idiots ,
for the senses being the only inlets of knowledge ,
and these ,
the most important of them ,
being closed ,
all ideas and associations belonging to them are totally excluded from their minds .
Co .
Litt .
42 Shelf .
on Lun .
3 .
But this is a mere presumption ,
which ,
like most others ,
may be rebutted ;
and doubtless a person born deaf ,
dumb ,
and blind ,
who could be taught to read and write ,
would not be considered an idiot .
A remarkable instance of such an one may be found in the person of Laura Bridgman ,
who has been taught how to converse and even to write .
This young woman was ,
in the year 1848 ,
at school at South Boston .
Vide Locke on Human Understanding ,
B .
2 c .
11 ,
Sec .
12 ,
13 ;
Ayliffe '
s Pand .
234 ;
4 Com .
Dig .
610 ;
8 Com .
Dig .
644 .
3 .
Idiots are incapable of committing crimes ,
or entering into contracts .
They cannot of course make a will ;
but they may acquire property by descent .
Vide ,
generally ,
1 Dow '
s Parl .
Cas .
new series ,
392 ;
3 Bligh '
s R .
1 ;
19 Ves .
286 ,
352 ,
353 ;
Stock on the Law of Non Compotes Mentis ;
Bouv .
Inst .
Index ,
h .
t .
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