1. idiot - Noun
2. idiot - Adjective
A man in private station, as distinguished from one holding a public office.
An unlearned, ignorant, or simple person, as distinguished from the educated; an ignoramus.
A human being destitute of the ordinary intellectual powers, whether congenital, developmental, or accidental; commonly, a person without understanding from birth; a natural fool; a natural; an innocent.
A fool; a simpleton; -- a term of reproach.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAny man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error. Cicero
The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot. Salvador Dalí
Any idiot can face a crisis, it is this day-to-day living that wears you out. Anton Chekhov
One idiot threw a stone in the well, thousand wise people could not get it out. Armenian Proverb
An idiot will cross an ox with an elephant. African Congo Proverb
A man profits more by the sight of an idiot than by the orations of the learned. Arabic Proverb