village idiot

English - Turkish

Definition of village idiot in English Turkish dictionary

Koyun delisi, mahallenin delisi

Related Terms

play the village idiot

aptal numarası yapmak

play the village idiot

geri zekâlı rolü yapmak

English - English

Definition of village idiot in English English dictionary

A person widely known in their community for their stupidity and ignorant behaviour

someone in the past who had mental difficulties and lived in a small village with the other people there

Related Terms

village idiots

plural form of village idiot

Hyphenation

vil·lage id·i·ot

Turkish pronunciation

vîlıc îdiıt

Pronunciation

/ˈvələʤ ˈədēət/ /ˈvɪləʤ ˈɪdiːət/

Etymology

() The term first appears in the preface to George Bernard Shaw's play Major Barbara, which opened in 1907. Shaw discusses how some people have treated madness or idiocy as a source of humor, remarking that "I myself have had a village idiot exhibited to me as something irresistibly funny."