Definition of idiots Idiots
/ɪˈdiʌts/ - [ideeuts] -
We found 3 definitions of idiots from 2 different sources.
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What does idiots mean?
Wiktionary 
- idiots (Noun)
Plural of idiot.
Part of speech
🔤- idiots, noun, plural of idiot.
WordNet
Wiktionary
- idiot (Noun)
A common term for a person of low general intelligence. - idiot (Noun)
A medical or psychological term meaning a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- idiot (n.)
A man in private station, as distinguished from one holding a public office. - idiot (n.)
An unlearned, ignorant, or simple person, as distinguished from the educated; an ignoramus. - idiot (n.)
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. - idiot (n.)
A fool; a simpleton; -- a term of reproach.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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idiot
A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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idiot
id′i-ut, n. one deficient in intellect: a foolish or unwise person.—adj. afflicted with idiocy: idiotic.—v.t. to make idiotic—ns. Id′iocy, Id′iotcy, state of being an idiot: imbecility: folly.—adjs. Idiot′ic, -al, pertaining to or like an idiot: foolish.—adv. Idiot′ically.—adj. Idiot′ish, idiotic.—n. Id′iotism, the state of being an idiot. [Fr.,—L. idiota—idiōtēs, orig. a 'private man,' then a rude person—idios, one's own.]
Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary 🤡
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idiot
From Eng. idea, and out. One who is just out of ideas.
Wikipedia 
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Idiot is a word used to describe someone who is stupid. The adjective is idiotic. The noun idiocy describes the state of being idiotic. The word can be used in different ways.
Origins.
The word “idiot” comes from a Greek word "idiōtēs" meaning "a person with no professional skill". The Greeks often used the word to describe someone who would not (or, sometimes, was not allowed to) appear in public. In this sense it was sometimes used to describe women and slaves.
In Latin it was used to describe someone who was uneducated and did not know much.
By the Middle Ages the word seems to have become used in its modern meaning as someone who does not have much sense.
Modern usage.
Until recently the word “idiot” was used in medicine and psychology to describe someone with a mental illness. Nowadays such people are usually described as “mentally challenged” or as people with “learning difficulties”. The word “idiot” is now offensive in that meaning.
In literature and folklore.
The word “fool” is similar to “idiot”, but it is not so strong. In the history of drama a “fool” was a jester: someone who made people laugh. Kings often had jesters in real life. A court jester had the job of making the king feel happy when he was sad. Jesters often pretended to be stupid, but were actually very clever. There are jesters or fools in a lot of Shakespeare’s plays.
The word simple is also similar to “idiot”. Someone who is simple is a person who is not very clever or “streetwise”. They are naïve a
Part of speech
🔤- idiot, noun, singular of idiots.
