idiot-savant
idiot-savant is the alternative form of idiot savant.
Meaning of idiot savant
Noun
idiot savant (plural idiots savants or idiot savants)
- A person who exhibits an extraordinary ability in one subject (often mathematics) while being intellectually disabled in many other domains.
- The temptation is to regard him [John Ogdon] as an idiot savant, a big talent bottled inside a recalcitrant body and accompanied by a personality that seems not just unremarkable, but almost entirely blank.2014 May 11, Ivan Hewett, “Piano Man: a Life of John Ogdon by Charles Beauclerk, review: A new biography of the great British pianist whose own genius destroyed him [print version: A colossus...
- Synonyms:
- autistic savant
Forms of idiot-savant
| plural | idiots-savants |
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Questions about idiot-savant
- What is idiot-savant the alternative form of?
- Idiot-savant is the alternative form of idiot savant.
Words near idiot-savant in the dictionary
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