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idiot savant
idiot savantn. pl. idiot savants Often Offensive A person with savant syndrome; a savant.
[French : idiot, idiot + savant, learned.]idiot savant (ˈiːdjəʊ sæˈvɑ̃; ˈɪdɪət ˈsævənt) n, pl idiots savants (ˈiːdjəʊ sæˈvɑ̃) or idiot savants (Psychiatry) a person with learning difficulties who performs brilliantly at some specialized intellectual task, such as giving the day of the week for any calendar date past or present[C19: from French: knowledgeable idiot]id•i•ot sa•vant (ˈɪd i ət səˈvɑnt, sæ-; Fr. i dyoʊ saˈvɑ̃)
n., pl. idiot savants, Fr. id•iots sa•vants (i dyoʊ saˈvɑ̃) a mentally defective person with an exceptional skill or talent in a special field, as a highly developed ability to play music or to do arithmetic calculations. [1925–30; < French: literally, learned idiot] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | idiot savant - person who is mentally retarded in general but who displays remarkable aptitude in some limited field (usually involving memory)simpleton, simple - a person lacking intelligence or common sense |
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idiot [id´e-ot] old term for profound mental retardation, now considered offensive.idiot savant a person who is generally mentally retarded, yet has a particular mental faculty developed to an unusually high degree, such as for mathematics or music.idiot savantn. pl. idiot savants Often Offensive A person with savant syndrome; a savant.Referring to a mentally disabled person incapable of abstract reasoning, who has one remarkably overdeveloped skill—e.g., mathematical or calendar ‘calculation’, memory, mechanical ability or talent in music or the visual artsidiot savant Savant syndrome A mentally retarded person incapable of abstract reasoning, with a remarkably overdeveloped skill–eg, mathematical or calendar 'calculation', memory, mechanical ability or talent in music and the visual artsidiot savant A person, severely backward in most mental respects, who shows great precocity and ability in one particular direction, such as mental arithmetical calculation or data recall. The idiot savant often has an IQ of less than 50 and the particular skill is seldom of practical use.LegalSeeIdiotidiot savant
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