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/iˈðjo.ta/
Translation
idiot, fool
Word origin
From Latin idiota ('uneducated person, layman'), from Greek idiotes ('private person, layman'), from idios ('one's own').
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- idiotes
- English cognates
- idiot, idiotic
Grammar
Examples
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Only an idiot would make such an obvious mistake.
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Do not be an idiot and think carefully before deciding.
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He treated me like an idiot in front of the whole team.
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That idiot left the keys inside the car again.
haberlo .
I felt like an idiot for not having noticed sooner.
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