idiot bornn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌɪdɪət ˈbɔːn/, U.S.

/ˌɪdiət ˈbɔrn/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: idiot n. and adj., born adj.

Etymology: < idiot n. and adj. + born adj. (compare born adj. 6b(b)).

Now offensive (regional or archaic).

A. n.

A person mentally disabled from birth.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mental deficiency > [noun] > type of > person

idiot born1558

cretin1775

cretinist1839

Mongol1896

moron1910

pointy-head1946

Mongoloid1949

1558 C. Goodman How Superior Powers 143 By the Ciuile Lawes, a foole or idiot borne, and so proued, shall lose his landes and inheritance whereunto he is borne.

1735 B. N. Defoe New Eng. Dict. Non Compos Mentis, signifies, first, an Idiot born.

1793 T. Holcroft tr. J. C. Lavater Ess. Physiognomy (abridged ed.) xxxvi. 186 The idiot-born cannot without a miracle become a philosopher.

1846 W. Pattison in M. A. Richardson Local Historian's Table Bk. Legendary Div. III. 306 He had twelve ponies, and carried with him, his son, who was an idiot born.

1907 J. M. Synge Playboy of Western World iii. 64 Aren't you after saying that your son's a fool, and how would they be cheering a true idiot born?

1967 U. K. Le Guin City of Illusions i. 5 He may be an idiot born, who blundered here by chance.

B. adj.

Mentally disabled from birth. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mental deficiency > [adjective] > type of

idiot born1791

cretinous1793

cretinoid1862

Mongolian1866

Mongol1876

amaurotic1896

Mongoloid1899

moronic1910

infantilistic1930

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. iv. 86 Stranger! Thou must be ideot born or weak At least in intellect.

1827 H. Taylor Isaac Comnenus i. iii. 31 This multitude, this monster idiot-born, Moves you not one of its Briaerean hands By its own brainless head.

1902 M. Corelli Temporal Power xxv. 385 You talk like a fool or a madman,—yet you are neither—neither, you understand?—neither idiot-born nor suddenly crazed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	idiot born
释义	idiot bornn.adj. Brit. /ˌɪdɪət ˈbɔːn/, U.S. /ˌɪdiət ˈbɔrn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: idiot n. and adj., born adj. Etymology: < idiot n. and adj. + born adj. (compare born adj. 6b(b)). Now offensive (regional or archaic). A. n. A person mentally disabled from birth. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mental deficiency > [noun] > type of > person idiot born1558 cretin1775 cretinist1839 Mongol1896 moron1910 pointy-head1946 Mongoloid1949 1558 C. Goodman How Superior Powers 143 By the Ciuile Lawes, a foole or idiot borne, and so proued, shall lose his landes and inheritance whereunto he is borne. 1735 B. N. Defoe New Eng. Dict. Non Compos Mentis, signifies, first, an Idiot born. 1793 T. Holcroft tr. J. C. Lavater Ess. Physiognomy (abridged ed.) xxxvi. 186 The idiot-born cannot without a miracle become a philosopher. 1846 W. Pattison in M. A. Richardson Local Historian's Table Bk. Legendary Div. III. 306 He had twelve ponies, and carried with him, his son, who was an idiot born. 1907 J. M. Synge Playboy of Western World iii. 64 Aren't you after saying that your son's a fool, and how would they be cheering a true idiot born? 1967 U. K. Le Guin City of Illusions i. 5 He may be an idiot born, who blundered here by chance. B. adj. Mentally disabled from birth. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mental deficiency > [adjective] > type of idiot born1791 cretinous1793 cretinoid1862 Mongolian1866 Mongol1876 amaurotic1896 Mongoloid1899 moronic1910 infantilistic1930 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. iv. 86 Stranger! Thou must be ideot born or weak At least in intellect. 1827 H. Taylor Isaac Comnenus i. iii. 31 This multitude, this monster idiot-born, Moves you not one of its Briaerean hands By its own brainless head. 1902 M. Corelli Temporal Power xxv. 385 You talk like a fool or a madman,—yet you are neither—neither, you understand?—neither idiot-born nor suddenly crazed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1558
随便看	partygoer partygoers partygoing partyhalting partyhearty partyhunting partying partyism partyist partyjury partykin partyless partylike partyliner partylining partylist partymaking partyman partymindedness partyness partypooping partyship partyspirited partytaker partywalled