Definition of Idiots

1. Noun. (plural of idiot) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Idiots

1. idiot [n] - See also: idiot

Lexicographical Neighbors of Idiots

idioticon
idioticons
idiotish
idiotism
idiotisms
idiotize
idiotized
idiotizes
idiotizing
idiotope
idiotproof
idiotroph
idiotrophic
idiotropic
idiotry
idiots (current term)
idiotype
idiotype antibody
idiotype autoantibody
idiotypes
idiotypic
idiotypic antigenic determinant
idioventricular
idioventricular rhythm
iditol
iditol dehydrogenase
iditols
idiyappam
idjut
idjuts

Literary usage of Idiots

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1910)
"Suggestions for removal of quiet epileptics and younger idiots from asylums at ... Urgent necessity of making some special provision for idiots; ..."

2. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"(1) idiots.—An idiot, or natural fool, is one that hath had no understanding from his nativity; and therefore is by law presumed never likely to attain any. ..."

3. The Christian Examiner (1851)
"By inspecting, personally, as many idiots as possible, in order to ascertain their condition ... In other towns, idiots, who to all appearance had no more ..."

4. Pleading and Practice of the High Court of Chancery by Edmund Robert Daniell, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins, Thomas Emerson Headlam (1846)
"With respect to idiots and lunatics, it is to be observed that suits on their behalf are usually instituted by the committees of and' ..."

5. A Treatise on Insanity and Other Disorders Affecting the Mind by James Cowles Prichard (1835)
"Of the Form of the Head in idiots. idiots have faults in the conformation of the head much more frequently than insane persons; there are comparatively few ..."

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