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

English Dictionary: idiotic by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
idiotic
adj
  1. insanely irresponsible; "an idiotic idea" [syn: crackbrained, idiotic]
  2. incongruous;inviting ridicule; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"
    Synonym(s): absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous
  3. having a mental age of three to seven years
    Synonym(s): imbecile, imbecilic, idiotic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
idiotically
adv
  1. in an idiotic manner; "what arouses the indignation of the honest satirist is not the fact that people in positions of power or influence behave idiotically"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Idiotcy \Id"i*ot*cy\, n. [Cf. {Idiocy}.]
      Idiocy. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Idiotic \Id`i*ot"ic\, Idiotical \Id`i*ot"ic*al\, a. [L.
      idioticus ignorant, Gr. [?]: cf. F. idiotique. See {Idiot}.]
      1. Common; simple. [Obs.] --Blackwall.
  
      2. Pertaining to, or like, an idiot; characterized by idiocy;
            foolish; fatuous; as, an idiotic person, speech, laugh, or
            action.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Idiotic \Id`i*ot"ic\, Idiotical \Id`i*ot"ic*al\, a. [L.
      idioticus ignorant, Gr. [?]: cf. F. idiotique. See {Idiot}.]
      1. Common; simple. [Obs.] --Blackwall.
  
      2. Pertaining to, or like, an idiot; characterized by idiocy;
            foolish; fatuous; as, an idiotic person, speech, laugh, or
            action.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Idiotically \Id`i*ot"ic*al*ly\, adv.
      In a idiotic manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Idioticon \Id`i*ot"i*con\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] belonging to a
      private man, private. See {Idiot}.]
      A dictionary of a peculiar dialect, or of the words and
      phrases peculiar to one part of a country; a glossary.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Idiotish \Id"i*ot*ish\, a.
      Like an idiot; foolish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Idiotism \Id"i*ot*ism\, n. [F. idiotisme, L. idiotismus the way
      of fashion of a private person, the common or vulgar manner
      of speaking, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to put into or use common
      language, fr. [?]. See {Idiot}.]
      1. An idiom; a form, mode of expression, or signification,
            peculiar to a language.
  
                     Scholars sometimes give terminations and idiotisms,
                     suitable to their native language, unto words newly
                     invented.                                          --M. Hale.
  
      2. Lack of knowledge or mental capacity; idiocy; foolishness.
  
                     Worse than mere ignorance or idiotism.
                                                                              --Shaftesbury.
  
                     The running that adventure is the greatist idiotism.
                                                                              --Hammond.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Idiotize \Id"i*ot*ize\, v. i.
      To become stupid. [R.]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   ITU-T X.680
  
      {Coordinated Universal Time}
  
  
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