Re: Idiot

["Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

fel·on [fel-uhn] Pronunciation Key
?noun 1. Law. a person who has committed a felony.
      2. Archaic. a wicked person.
?adjective 3. Archaic. wicked; malicious; treacherous.


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[Origin: 1250?1300; ME fel(o)un wicked < AF; OF fel (nom.), felun (obl.)
wicked person, traitor, perh. < Old Low Franconian *fillo, n. corresponding
to OS fillian to ill-treat, whip, MD villen to flay, OHG fillen to beat,
whip; cf. fell3]


"Robert L Bass" <robertbass1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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
> >
> > Stanley Barthfarkle wrote:
> >> ob·ses·sion [ ?b sésh'n, ob sésh'n ] (plural ob·ses·sions)
> >>
> >>
> >>       noun
> >>
> >>       Definition:
> >>
> >>       1. preoccupation: an idea or feeling that completely occupies the
> >> mind
> >>       His obsession with figures led him to make crucial economic
> >> mistakes.
> >>
> >>
> >>       2. state of being obsessed: the state of being obsessed by
somebody
> >> or
> >> something
> >>       Their devotion to each other borders on obsession.
> >>
> >>
> >>       3. psychiatry uncontrollable persistence of idea: the
uncontrollable
> >> persistence of an idea or emotion in the mind, sometimes associated
with
> >> psychiatric disorder
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>          ob·ses·sion·al adjective
> >>             ob·ses·sion·al·ly adverb
> >>
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