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Re: Idiot
id·i·ot /'?di?t/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[id-ee-uht] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
?noun 1. an utterly foolish or senseless person.
2. Psychology. 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.
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[Origin: 1250?1300; ME < L idiota < Gk idités private person, layman, person lacking skill or expertise, equiv. to idio- (lengthened
var. of idio- idio-, perh. by analogy with stratiotés professional soldier, deriv. of stratiá army) + -tés agent n. suffix]
?Synonyms 1. fool, half-wit; imbecile; dolt, dunce, numskull.
Example: "The 'idiot' quit school before completing the eighth grade. He was the only 16-year-old in class."
> jocular \JOK-yuh-luhr\, adjective:
> 1. Given to joking or jesting.
> 2. Characterized by joking; playful.
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> "Everywhere Man" <alarminstall@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1166729595.728194.65750@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I saw the subject title and thought you were hinting at what cologne
> you wanted for Christmas
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> Stanley Barthfarkle wrote:
>> ob·ses·sion [ ?b sésh'n, ob sésh'n ] (plural ob·ses·sions)
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>> noun
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>> Definition:
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>> 1. preoccupation: an idea or feeling that completely occupies the
>> mind
>> His obsession with figures led him to make crucial economic
>> mistakes.
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>> 2. state of being obsessed: the state of being obsessed by somebody
>> or
>> something
>> Their devotion to each other borders on obsession.
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>> 3. psychiatry uncontrollable persistence of idea: the uncontrollable
>> persistence of an idea or emotion in the mind, sometimes associated with
>> psychiatric disorder
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>> ob·ses·sion·al adjective
>> ob·ses·sion·al·ly adverb
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