idiotan.

Brit.

/ˌɪdɪˈəʊtə/, U.S.

/ˌɪdiˈoʊdə/

Forms: 1500s– idiota, 1600s ideota.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin idiōta.

Etymology: < classical Latin idiōta idiot n.Quot. ?1548 at sense 1 occurs in the context of a satirical attack on Roman Catholic clergymen, parodying a priest's use of Latin; it is unclear whether this instance is to be regarded as showing the Latin or the English noun (the rhyming words wota , nota , pota , grota represent humorous alterations of wot v., note v.², pot n.¹, groat n., respectively, after Latin words ending in -a).

1. A simple, ordinary person; a person without learning. Cf. idiot n. 1. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [noun] > person

unwiteOE

buzzard1377

idiotc1384

ignorantc1450

unscholar1545

idiota1566

borowe1579

simple1600

ignoramus1616

ignoramo1623

ignaro1634

ingram1638

know-little1651

lack-latina1657

idiotist1715

know-nothing1812

Oscar1918

?1548 L. Shepherd Doctour Doubble Ale sig. Avii^v But this I wota that if ye nota How this idiota Doth folow the pota I holde you a grota.]

1566 T. Stapleton Returne Vntruthes Jewelles Replie iii. 109 ^v He is called Idiota, whiche hathe skille onelye of his proper and Mother tounge: But whosoeuer hathe lerned the Common lerned tounge beside, as the Greke in the Greke Churche, the Latin in the Latin Churche, he is no more Idiota, but accompted amonge the lerned.

1663 Hactenus Inaudita 64 I might make bold to put in with that crowd, and venture my rude and crude conceptions of this subject amongst the true Idiotæ, the vulgar of the vulgar.

1786 J. Priestley Def. Hist. Corruptions Christianity i. iv. 28 Surely then we have a better chance of finding the truth on this subject among these Idiotæ, the common and unlearned people, than with such men as Justin Martyr, who had been a Heathen philosopher.

1802 C. Lamb Curious Fragm. in John Woodvil 119 Truth is no Doctoresse, she taketh no degrees at Paris or Oxford, amongst great clerks,..but oftentimes to such an one as myself, an Idiota or common person, no great things, melancholizing in woods where waters are, quiet places by rivers, fountains.

1844 Newman's Lives Eng. Saints, St. Wulstan 28 Wulstan stood up among his cowed and silent colleagues, without embarrassment, as if unconscious that he was a barbarian, an ‘idiota’, in the eyes of most around him.

1957 R. C. Petry Late Medieval Mysticism iii. 119 Here too are the vernacular outbreathings of the little idiota, as Francis [of Assisi] called himself.

1975 H. A. Oberman in J. E. Murdoch & E. D. Sylla Cult. Context Medieval Learning iii. 400 As Calvin points out in his commentary on Genesis, the story of creation..accommodates to and speaks in terms of the unlettered idiota, the common man.

2005 A. Nichols Thought Pope Benedict XVI iii. 60 The Poor Man of Assisi, the simplex, the idiota, will turn out to have more penetration into God than all the learned men of his time.

†2.

a. An idiotic thing. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1624 R. Montagu Gagg for New Gospell? To Rdr. Many idle pamphlets in this very kinde, have I seene in my dayes; but a verrier idiota saw I neuer any.

b. Law. = idiot n. 2a. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. iii. vi. f. 247 Non compos mentis is of foure sorts, 1. Ideota which from his natiuity by a perpetuall infirmity is Non compos mentis, [etc.].

1713 R. Bentley Remarks Disc. Free-thinking (ed. 3) 80 See Du Fresne in his Glossaries who takes notice that Idiota for Idiot, or Natural Fool, is peculiar to your English Law.

1895 Harvard Law Rev. 8 472 Fitzherbert's definition of the term ‘idiot’, or ‘idiota’,..is quaint enough to be worth inserting here.

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

单词	idiota
释义	idiotan. Brit. /ˌɪdɪˈəʊtə/, U.S. /ˌɪdiˈoʊdə/ Forms: 1500s– idiota, 1600s ideota. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin idiōta. Etymology: < classical Latin idiōta idiot n.Quot. ?1548 at sense 1 occurs in the context of a satirical attack on Roman Catholic clergymen, parodying a priest's use of Latin; it is unclear whether this instance is to be regarded as showing the Latin or the English noun (the rhyming words wota , nota , pota , grota represent humorous alterations of wot v., note v.², pot n.¹, groat n., respectively, after Latin words ending in -a). 1. A simple, ordinary person; a person without learning. Cf. idiot n. 1. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [noun] > person unwiteOE buzzard1377 idiotc1384 ignorantc1450 unscholar1545 idiota1566 borowe1579 simple1600 ignoramus1616 ignoramo1623 ignaro1634 ingram1638 know-little1651 lack-latina1657 idiotist1715 know-nothing1812 Oscar1918 ?1548 L. Shepherd Doctour Doubble Ale sig. Avii^v But this I wota that if ye nota How this idiota Doth folow the pota I holde you a grota.] 1566 T. Stapleton Returne Vntruthes Jewelles Replie iii. 109 ^v He is called Idiota, whiche hathe skille onelye of his proper and Mother tounge: But whosoeuer hathe lerned the Common lerned tounge beside, as the Greke in the Greke Churche, the Latin in the Latin Churche, he is no more Idiota, but accompted amonge the lerned. 1663 Hactenus Inaudita 64 I might make bold to put in with that crowd, and venture my rude and crude conceptions of this subject amongst the true Idiotæ, the vulgar of the vulgar. 1786 J. Priestley Def. Hist. Corruptions Christianity i. iv. 28 Surely then we have a better chance of finding the truth on this subject among these Idiotæ, the common and unlearned people, than with such men as Justin Martyr, who had been a Heathen philosopher. 1802 C. Lamb Curious Fragm. in John Woodvil 119 Truth is no Doctoresse, she taketh no degrees at Paris or Oxford, amongst great clerks,..but oftentimes to such an one as myself, an Idiota or common person, no great things, melancholizing in woods where waters are, quiet places by rivers, fountains. 1844 Newman's Lives Eng. Saints, St. Wulstan 28 Wulstan stood up among his cowed and silent colleagues, without embarrassment, as if unconscious that he was a barbarian, an ‘idiota’, in the eyes of most around him. 1957 R. C. Petry Late Medieval Mysticism iii. 119 Here too are the vernacular outbreathings of the little idiota, as Francis [of Assisi] called himself. 1975 H. A. Oberman in J. E. Murdoch & E. D. Sylla Cult. Context Medieval Learning iii. 400 As Calvin points out in his commentary on Genesis, the story of creation..accommodates to and speaks in terms of the unlettered idiota, the common man. 2005 A. Nichols Thought Pope Benedict XVI iii. 60 The Poor Man of Assisi, the simplex, the idiota, will turn out to have more penetration into God than all the learned men of his time. †2. a. An idiotic thing. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1624 R. Montagu Gagg for New Gospell? To Rdr. Many idle pamphlets in this very kinde, have I seene in my dayes; but a verrier idiota saw I neuer any. b. Law. = idiot n. 2a. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. iii. vi. f. 247 Non compos mentis is of foure sorts, 1. Ideota which from his natiuity by a perpetuall infirmity is Non compos mentis, [etc.]. 1713 R. Bentley Remarks Disc. Free-thinking (ed. 3) 80 See Du Fresne in his Glossaries who takes notice that Idiota for Idiot, or Natural Fool, is peculiar to your English Law. 1895 Harvard Law Rev. 8 472 Fitzherbert's definition of the term ‘idiot’, or ‘idiota’,..is quaint enough to be worth inserting here. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1566
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