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Look up: Idiot

  1. idiot
    [n] - a person of subnormal intelligence
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Idiot
    Learning disability
    Found on http://www.paul_smith.doctors.org.uk/Arc

  3. idiot
    Enc.Britt. Category: Management in the public and private sector • a person in whose case there exists mental defectiveness of such a degree that they are unable to guard themselves against common danger. Category: Education
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  4. Idiot
    Id"i·ot (ĭd"ĭ*ŏt) noun [ French idiot , Latin idiota an uneducated, ignorant, ill-informed person, Greek 'idiw`ths , also and orig., a private person, not holding public office, from 'i`dios proper, peculiar. See Idiom .] 1. A man in private station, as distinguished from one holding a public office. [ Obsolete] « St. Aus …
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/I/5

  5. Idiot
    `Idiot` is a word derived from the Greek , `idiÅÂ?tÄ“s` (`person lacking professional skill,` `a private citizen,` `individual`), from , `idios` (`private,` `one's own`). In Latin the word `idiota` (`ordinary person, layman`) preceded the Late Latin meaning `uneducated or ignorant person.` Its modern meaning and form dates back to Middle English around the year 1300, from the Old French `idiote` (`uneducated or ignorant person`). The related word ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiot

  6. Idiot
    `Idiot` is a word derived from the Greek , `idiÅÂ?tÄ“s` (`person lacking professional skill,` `a private citizen,` `individual`), from , `idios` (`private,` `one's own`). In Latin the word `idiota` (`ordinary person, layman`) preceded the Late Latin meaning `uneducated or ignorant person.` Its modern meaning and form dates back to Middle English around the year 1300, from the Old French `idiote` (`uneducated or ignorant person`). The related word ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiot

  7. Idiot
    • (n.) An unlearned, ignorant, or simple person, as distinguished from the educated; an ignoramus. • (n.) A human being destitute of the ordinary intellectual powers, whether congenital, developmental, or accidental; commonly, a person without understanding from birth; a natural fool; a natural; an innocent. • (n.) A fool; a simpleto...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. idiot
    idiot 1. An offensive term that deliberately insults someone else's intelligence. 2. An offensive term in a now disused classification system for someone with an IQ of about 25 or under and a mental age of less than three years. The Greek adjective idios means “one’s own” or “private”. The derivative noun idiotes means "private person". A Greek idi...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

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22 November 2008

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On Friday, November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was shot as he rode in a motorcade through the streets of Dallas, Texas. At his death, the 35th president was 46 years old and had served less than three years in office. Despite this intimate experience of events surrounding the death of John F. Kennedy, the nation failed to achieve closure. Oswald never confessed, and the facts of the case remain mysterious. The Warren Commission's conclusion Oswald acted alone failed to satisfy the public. In 1976, the House of Representatives' Select Committee on Assassinations reopened investigation of the murder. The Committee reported that Lee Harvey Oswald probably was part of a conspiracy that may have involved organized crime. read more

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