{ Id`i*o*syn*crat"ic (?), Id`i*o*syn*crat"ic*al (?), } a. Of peculiar
temper or disposition; belonging to one's peculiar and individual
character.
Id"i*ot (d"*t), n. [F. idiot, L. idiota an uneducated, ignorant,
ill-informed person, Gr. 'idiw`ths, also and orig., a private person,
not holding public office, fr. 'i`dios proper, peculiar. See Idiom.] 1.
A man in private station, as distinguished from one holding a public
office. [Obs.]
St. Austin affirmed that the plain places of Scripture are
sufficient to all laics, and all idiots or private persons.
Jer. Taylor.
2. An unlearned, ignorant, or simple person, as distinguished from the
educated; an ignoramus. [Obs.]
Christ was received of idiots, of the vulgar people, and of the
simpler sort, while he was rejected, despised, and persecuted even
to death by the high priests, lawyers, scribes, doctors, and
rabbis.