idiotの意味・使い方・発音

idiot

英 ['ɪdɪət] 美 ['ɪdɪət]

馬鹿者

ラテン語の idiota、無知な人、平民、ギリシャ語の idios、個人的な、自分の、語源は idiom と同じ、派生語源は孤立した人、社会の問題に参加しない人、最終的に無知な人、愚か者、バカ。

idiot: idiot: [13] The etymological idea underlying idiot is of a ‘private individual’. That is what Greek idiótēs (a derivative of ídios ‘personal, private’) originally meant. It was extended to the ordinary ‘common man’, particularly a lay person without any specialized knowledge, and so came to be used rather patronizingly for an ‘ignorant person’. It is this derogatory sense that has come down to English via Latin idiōta and Old French idiot.
=> idiosyncracy
idiot (n.): early 14c., "person so mentally deficient as to be incapable of ordinary reasoning;" also in Middle English "simple man, uneducated person, layman" (late 14c.), from Old French idiote "uneducated or ignorant person" (12c.), from Latin idiota "ordinary person, layman; outsider," in Late Latin "uneducated or ignorant person," from Greek idiotes "layman, person lacking professional skill" (opposed to writer, soldier, skilled workman), literally "private person (as opposed to one taking part in public affairs)," used patronizingly for "ignorant person," from idios "one's own" (see idiom).
Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. [Mark Twain, c. 1882]
Idiot box "television set" is from 1959; idiot light "dashboard warning signal" is attested from 1968. Idiot savant attested by 1870.

1. He snubbed her in public and made her feel an idiot .: 彼は彼女を人前で冷遇して、彼女に自分が馬鹿のようだと思わせた。

2.The original script was written with the idiot box in mind.: シナリオは当初テレビのために書かれていた。

3.Custer was an idiot and a brute and he deserved his fate.: カストはバカで残虐なやつで、彼には当然の罪がある。