单词 | idiot |
释义 | idiot /id"ee euht/, n. 1. an utterly foolish or senseless person. 2. Psychol. a person of the lowest order in a former classification of mental retardation, having a mental age of less than three years old and an intelligence quotient under 25. [1250-1300; ME < L idiota < Gk idiótes private person, layman, person lacking skill or expertise, equiv. to idio- (lengthened var. of idio- IDIO-, perh. by analogy with stratiotes professional soldier, deriv. of stratiá army) + -tes agent n. suffix] Syn. 1. fool, half-wit; imbecile; dolt, dunce, numskull. |
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