idiot savantn.

Brit.

/ˌiːdɪəʊ saˈvɒ̃/,

/ˌɪdɪət ˈsavnt/, U.S.

/ˈɪdiət səˈvɑn(t)/,

/ˈɪdiət sɑˈvɑnt/,

/ˈɪdiət səˈvɑnt/

Inflections: Plural idiot savants, idiots savants.

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French, combined with another borrowing from French. Etymons: French idiot, French savant.

Etymology: Apparently < French idiot idiot n. + savant wise (see savant n.). The phrase is rare in French, where it probably echoes use in English; quot. 1870 is however by a person of French origin living in the United States.In plural form idiots savants after the usual pattern of plurals in French.

A person with generally impaired intellectual and social functions who is extremely gifted in a particular way, frequently as a musician or in the performance of rapid and complex mental arithmetic. Hence in weakened sense: a naive or simple person who displays natural wisdom or insight.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > [noun] > ability or talent > people having talent > person having talent > very gifted person

prodigya1684

boy wonder1857

idiot savant1870

phenom1881

Wunderkind1891

superboy1907

Supergirl1912

savant1919

1870 E. Seguin Concerning Idiocy 17 It is from this [wealthy] class almost exclusively that we have musical, mathematical, architectural, and other varieties of the idiot savant; useless protrusion of a single faculty, accompanied by a woful general impotence.

1915 Washington Post 4 July 2/4 He is a genius, yet he cannot take care of himself in the outside world except under supervision. He is what is known as an idiot-savant.

1962 Brit. Jrnl. Philos. Sci. 13 99 It is tempting to compare our artificial opponent..with an extreme form of ‘idiot savant’—prodigiously able to play a calculating game, but devoid of the capacity for normal dialogue.

1995 R. D. Gross Psychol. (ed. 2) xxviii. 852 A substantial minority of idiots savants are also autistic but they constitute a very varied group with little in common.

2000 A. Bourdain Kitchen Confid. (2001) 238 Adam..may be the enemy of polite society.., but the man can bake. He's an idiot-savant with whom God has serious, frequent and intimate conversations.

Derivatives

ˌidiot ˈsavantism n. the condition of being an idiot savant; behaviour characteristic of an idiot savant.

ΚΠ

1966 J. Foxworth in Vital Speeches of DayJ. Foxworth 15 July 596/1 My quarrel concerns a phenomenon spreading through our field [sc. advertising] which I have come to think of as ‘Creeping Idiot Savantism’.

1969 P. C. Sexton Feminized Male i. 9 Blindness..and deafness are more common among boys, as are infantile autism, idiot savantism, epilepsy, schizophrenia, and feeble-mindedness.

1999 A. Martinez 24/7 vii. 177 All the ads in the paper resulted in the same mathematical idiot-savantism... I'd lost 32 cruises down the Mexican Riviera, 3,461 movie tickets, [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	idiot savant
释义	idiot savantn. Brit. /ˌiːdɪəʊ saˈvɒ̃/, /ˌɪdɪət ˈsavnt/, U.S. /ˈɪdiət səˈvɑn(t)/, /ˈɪdiət sɑˈvɑnt/, /ˈɪdiət səˈvɑnt/ Inflections: Plural idiot savants, idiots savants. Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French, combined with another borrowing from French. Etymons: French idiot, French savant. Etymology: Apparently < French idiot idiot n. + savant wise (see savant n.). The phrase is rare in French, where it probably echoes use in English; quot. 1870 is however by a person of French origin living in the United States.In plural form idiots savants after the usual pattern of plurals in French. A person with generally impaired intellectual and social functions who is extremely gifted in a particular way, frequently as a musician or in the performance of rapid and complex mental arithmetic. Hence in weakened sense: a naive or simple person who displays natural wisdom or insight. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > [noun] > ability or talent > people having talent > person having talent > very gifted person prodigya1684 boy wonder1857 idiot savant1870 phenom1881 Wunderkind1891 superboy1907 Supergirl1912 savant1919 1870 E. Seguin Concerning Idiocy 17 It is from this [wealthy] class almost exclusively that we have musical, mathematical, architectural, and other varieties of the idiot savant; useless protrusion of a single faculty, accompanied by a woful general impotence. 1915 Washington Post 4 July 2/4 He is a genius, yet he cannot take care of himself in the outside world except under supervision. He is what is known as an idiot-savant. 1962 Brit. Jrnl. Philos. Sci. 13 99 It is tempting to compare our artificial opponent..with an extreme form of ‘idiot savant’—prodigiously able to play a calculating game, but devoid of the capacity for normal dialogue. 1995 R. D. Gross Psychol. (ed. 2) xxviii. 852 A substantial minority of idiots savants are also autistic but they constitute a very varied group with little in common. 2000 A. Bourdain Kitchen Confid. (2001) 238 Adam..may be the enemy of polite society.., but the man can bake. He's an idiot-savant with whom God has serious, frequent and intimate conversations. Derivatives ˌidiot ˈsavantism n. the condition of being an idiot savant; behaviour characteristic of an idiot savant. ΚΠ 1966 J. Foxworth in Vital Speeches of DayJ. Foxworth 15 July 596/1 My quarrel concerns a phenomenon spreading through our field [sc. advertising] which I have come to think of as ‘Creeping Idiot Savantism’. 1969 P. C. Sexton Feminized Male i. 9 Blindness..and deafness are more common among boys, as are infantile autism, idiot savantism, epilepsy, schizophrenia, and feeble-mindedness. 1999 A. Martinez 24/7 vii. 177 All the ads in the paper resulted in the same mathematical idiot-savantism... I'd lost 32 cruises down the Mexican Riviera, 3,461 movie tickets, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1870
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