Antonyms for idiots
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : id-ee-uht |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪd i ət |
Definition of idiots
Origin :- early 14c., "person so mentally deficient as to be incapable of ordinary reasoning;" also in Middle English "simple man, uneducated person, layman" (late 14c.), from Old French idiote "uneducated or ignorant person" (12c.), from Latin idiota "ordinary person, layman; outsider," in Late Latin "uneducated or ignorant person," from Greek idiotes "layman, person lacking professional skill" (opposed to writer, soldier, skilled workman), literally "private person (as opposed to one taking part in public affairs)," used patronizingly for "ignorant person," from idios "one's own" (see idiom).
- Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. [Mark Twain, c.1882]
- Idiot box "television set" is from 1959; idiot light "dashboard warning signal" is attested from 1968. Idiot savant attested by 1870.
- noun very stupid person
- Idiots and imbeciles were permitted to go clotheless and homeless.
- Extract from : « The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) » by Robert G. Ingersoll
- Idiots, with blear eyes and protending under-lips, gibbered and whined.
- Extract from : « The Garden Of Allah » by Robert Hichens
- Idiots, insane, criminals and non-taxpayers excluded from voting.
- Extract from : « Alden's Handy Atlas of the World » by John B. Alden
- Idiots, Indians, and persons convicted of crime excluded from voting.
- Extract from : « Alden's Handy Atlas of the World » by John B. Alden
- Idiots, as a rule, are deformed in body as well as deficient in mind.
- Extract from : « Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology » by W. G. Aitchison Robertson
- Idiots that they were, they thought the sight of me had frightened you and made you faint.
- Extract from : « Dead Man's Rock » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
- Idiots are found with practically zero ability in rote memory.
- Extract from : « The Science of Human Nature » by William Henry Pyle
- Idiots and epileptics have been produced as a result of one parent being intoxicated when fecundation took place.
- Extract from : « The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 (of 4) » by W. Grant Hague
- Idiots blush seldom, blind people and hereditary albinos, a great deal.
- Extract from : « Criminal Psychology » by Hans Gross
- The Idiots is such an obviously derivative piece of work that it is impossible for me to say anything about it here.
- Extract from : « Notes on My Books » by Joseph Conrad
Synonyms for idiots
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