"a dictionary of a dialect," 1842, via German, from Latinized form of idiotikon, neuter of Greek idiotikos, from idioma (see idiom). also from 1842 Entries linking to idioticon idiom (n.) 1580s, "form of speech peculiar to a people or place;" meaning "phrase or expression peculiar ...
Trends ofidiot Shareidiot ‘cite’ https://www.etymonline.com/word/idiot Etymology of idiot by etymonline Harper, D. (n.d.). Etymology of idiot. Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved November 9, 2024, from https://www.etymonline.com/word/idiot Harper Douglas, “Etymology of idiot,” Onl...
Div is a scouse word for idiot. It is short for divvy which in turn is a corruption of Deva. The Deva Hospital was a well known mental hospital (since renamed the West Cheshire Hospital) on the outskirts of Chester. Chester was founded by the Romans who named it Deva. and Derived from...
"Noodle" (meaning both idiot and head, which are apparently related; the idiot sense from 1720, head from 1762) is likewise "origin uncertain"; with a link to the older word "noddle" possible but unproven. Oxford English Dictionary, s.v. “noddle (n.1),” March 2024, http...
Q: Can you suss the pronunciation of “wash”? I’m from central Illinois and I forced myself as an adult to pronounce it “wawsh” instead of the colloquial “warsh.” A: In American English, the word “wash” is usually pronounced “wawsh” or “wahsh” (wɔʃ or wɑʃ in...
In Job 11:12, friend Zophar notes: "An idiot (איש נבוב 'ish nabob) will become intelligent (לבב, labab) when the foal (עיר, 'ayir) of a wild donkey (פרא, pere') is born (ילד, yalad) a man (אדם, 'adam)," which ...
The process is "of constant recurrence" in the 15c. vocabularies, according to Thomas Wright, their modern editor. One has, among many others,Hoc alphabetum ... a nabse, from misdivision ofan ABC(and pronouncing it as a word), andHic culus ... a ners. Also comparenonce,pigsney. As...
"They [the monks] are not in heaven because they fuck the wives of [the town of] Ely."Fuccantis pseudo-Latin, and in the original it is written in cipher. Other very early examples of the word are from Scottish, which might suggest a Scandinavian origin, perhaps from a word akin to...
(popularized 1930s by N.Y. Gov. Alfred E. Smith; in this sense sometimes said to have been one of the coinages of legendary "Variety" staffer Jack Conway), from earlier sense of "idiot" (by 1915), perhaps influenced by blarney, but usually regarded as being from the sausage, as a ...
"object typical of a class," 1865; seeidio-"distinct" +type(n.). Related:Idiotypic. also from1865 Entries linking toidiotype type(n.) late 15c., "symbol, emblem, that by which something is symbolized, distinguishing mark or sign," from Latintypus"figure, image, form, kind," from Gre...