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village idiots

village idiots is the plural of village idiot.

Meaning of village idiot

Noun

village idiot (plural village idiots)

  1. A person widely known in their community for their stupidity and mental deficiency.
    • It is true that the Doocot was occasionally appropriated to other purposes than that of a tolbooth for the sorner, the drunken gipsy, the village idiot at the change of the moon, the swearing bluegown, and the contumacious birdnester on the sabbath; […]1825, The Abduction; Or, the Adventures of Major Sarney: A Story of the Times of Charles the Second, volume II, Charles Knight, page 170

Questions about village idiots

What is village idiots the plural of?
Village idiots is the plural of village idiot.

Words near village idiots in the dictionary

  1. village green
  2. village greens
  3. village hall
  4. village halls
  5. village idiot
  6. village idiots
  7. village panchayat
  8. village panchayats
  9. village sign language
  10. village sign languages
  11. village weaver

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