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A person widely known in their community for their stupidity and mental deficiency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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From the saying “Every village has its village idiot”, alleged to be an old Yiddish proverb.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Danish:
landsbytosse
— person widely known in their community for their stupidity and mental deficiency
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Dutch:
dorpsgek
— person widely known in their community for their stupidity and mental deficiency
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Estonian:
külahull
— person widely known in their community for their stupidity and mental deficiency
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Finnish:
but see typerys
— person widely known in their community for their stupidity and mental deficiency
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Finnish:
kylähullu
— person widely known in their community for their stupidity and mental deficiency
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French:
idiot du village
— person widely known in their community for their stupidity and mental deficiency
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West-Frisian:
doarpsgek
— person widely known in their community for their stupidity and mental deficiency
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German:
Dorftrottel
— person widely known in their community for their stupidity and mental deficiency
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Hebrew:
שוטה הכפר
(shotéh hakfár)
— person widely known in their community for their stupidity and mental deficiency
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Hungarian:
falu bolondja
— person widely known in their community for their stupidity and mental deficiency
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Italian:
scemo del villaggio
— person widely known in their community for their stupidity and mental deficiency
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Macedonian:
селска буда́ла
(selska budála)
— person widely known in their community for their stupidity and mental deficiency
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Polish:
wiejski głupek
— person widely known in their community for their stupidity and mental deficiency
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Polish:
wioskowy głupek
— person widely known in their community for their stupidity and mental deficiency
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Portuguese:
idiota da vila
— person widely known in their community for their stupidity and mental deficiency
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Romanian:
prostul satului
— person widely known in their community for their stupidity and mental deficiency
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Russian:
городско́й сумасше́дший
(gorodskój sumasšédšij)
— person widely known in their community for their stupidity and mental deficiency
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Russian:
дереве́нский дурачо́к
(derevénskij duračók)
— person widely known in their community for their stupidity and mental deficiency
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Spanish:
tonto del pueblo
— person widely known in their community for their stupidity and mental deficiency
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Swedish:
byfåne
— person widely known in their community for their stupidity and mental deficiency
