idiot
/ˈɪdiət/ noun B2- A person of low general intelligence. · Only an idiot would fail this exam.· After failing a hat-trick of exams, the teacher called him an idiot.
- A person who makes stupid decisions; a fool. · He thought people who don't like cricket are idiots. He later got into fights with people who like football.· We think that people who cycle without a helmet are idiots.
Plural idiots
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“I say, Watson,” he whispered, “would you be afraid to sleep in the same room with a lunatic, a man with softening of the brain, an idiot whose mind has lost its grip?”
“Idiot!” said the Queen, tossing her head impatiently; and, turning to Alice, she went on, “What’s your name, child?”
I may sell one if the right kind of a moneyed idiot sees them.”
“You can change them, idiot; gold is worth five sous.”
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