idiot

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

idiot [idiot idiots] BrE [ˈɪdiət] NAmE [ˈɪdiət] noun
1. (informal)a very stupid person
Syn: ↑fool
•When I lost my passport, I felt such an idiot.
•Not that switch, you idiot!
2. (old-fashioned, offensive)a person with very low intelligence who cannot think or behave normally

Word Origin:
Middle English (denoting a person of low intelligence): via Old French from Latin idiota ‘ignorant person’, from Greek idiōtēs ‘private person, layman, ignorant person’, from idios ‘own, private’.

Example Bank:
•He was giggling like a drunken idiot.
•He's made a complete idiot of himself over this woman!
•I felt (like) a complete idiot, standing there in front of all those people!
•She called me an idiot.
•She knew she was acting like an idiot.
•What stupid idiot left their shoes on the stairs?
•I just stood there like an idiot with my mouth open.
•I realized I was dealing with a bunch of idiots.
•When I lost my passport, I felt like such an idiot.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit, retard