English - Turkish
Definition of village idiot in English Turkish dictionary
- Koyun delisi, mahallenin delisi
- play the village idiot
- aptal numarası yapmak
- play the village idiot
- geri zekâlı rolü yapmak
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English - English
Definition of village idiot in English English dictionary
- A person widely known in their community for their stupidity and ignorant behaviour
- someone in the past who had mental difficulties and lived in a small village with the other people there
- village idiots
- plural form of village idiot
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village idiot
Hyphenation
vil·lage id·i·otTurkish pronunciation
vîlıc îdiıtPronunciation
/ˈvələʤ ˈədēət/ /ˈvɪləʤ ˈɪdiːət/
Etymology
() The term first appears in the preface to George Bernard Shaw's play Major Barbara, which opened in 1907. Shaw discusses how some people have treated madness or idiocy as a source of humor, remarking that "I myself have had a village idiot exhibited to me as something irresistibly funny."Resimler
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