idiota

Meaning

  1. (declension-1, derogatory) idiot, an ignorant, uneducated or illiterate person
  2. (Medieval-Latin, declension-1) convert; conversus (lay brother)
  3. (Medieval-Latin, declension-1) private person

Synonyms

diletans

non professionalis

Pronounced as (IPA)
[ɪ.diˈoː.ta]
Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “person not involved in public affairs, layman”), from ἴδιος (ídios, “private”).

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