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IDIOT SAVANT

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• IDIOT SAVANT (noun)
The noun IDIOT SAVANT has 1 sense:

1. person who is mentally retarded in general but who displays remarkable aptitude in some limited field (usually involving memory)

Familiarity information: IDIOT SAVANT used as a noun is very rare.

• IDIOT SAVANT (noun)

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Meaning:

Person who is mentally retarded in general but who displays remarkable aptitude in some limited field (usually involving memory)

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Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("idiot savant" is a kind of...):

simple; simpleton (a person lacking intelligence or common sense)

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(English proverb)
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(Native American proverb, Ute)
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(Arabic proverb)
"They who are born of chickens scratch the earth."
(Corsican proverb)

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