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plural idiots
(derogatory) A person of low general intelligence. examples
(derogatory) A person who makes stupid decisions; a fool. examples
(obsolete, medicine, psychology) A person of the lowest intellectual standing, a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old; a person with an IQ below 30. quotations
It is an offence for a man to have unlawful sexual intercourse with a woman whom he knows to be an idiot or imbecile.
1956, Parliament of the United Kingdom, “Part I, section 7”, in Sexual Offences Act 1956, page 2
comparative more idiot, superlative most idiot
(uncommon) idiotic, stupid examples