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id⋅i⋅ot sa⋅vant

  [id-ee-uht sa-vahnt, suh-vant, sav-uhnt; Fr. ee-dyoh sa-vahn]
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–noun, plural id⋅i⋅ot sa⋅vants, French. id⋅i⋅ots sa⋅vants  [ee-dyoh sa-vahn] . Psychiatry.
a mentally defective person with an exceptional skill or talent in a special field, as a highly developed ability to play music or to solve complex mathematical problems mentally at great speed.
Origin:
1925–30; < F: lit., learned idiot
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Main Entry: idiot sa·vant
Pronunciation: 'E-"dyO-sä-'vän; 'id-E-&t-s&-'vänt, -'vant
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural idiots savants /-"dyO-sä-'vän(z); -&ts-s&-'vänt(s), -'vant(s)/ or idiot savants
: a mentally retardedperson who exhibits exceptional skill or brilliance in some limited field (as mathematics or music)
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idiot savant (sā-vänt')
n. pl. idiot savants
A mentally retarded person who exhibits genius in a highly specialized area, such as mathematics.

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Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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