Idiot (n.) An unlearned, ignorant, or simple person, as distinguished from the educated; an ignoramus.
Idiot (n.) A human being destitute of the ordinary intellectual powers, whether congenital, developmental, or accidental; commonly, a person without understanding from birth; a natural fool; a natural; an innocent.
Idiot (n.) A fool; a simpleton; -- a term of reproach.
Idiotcy (n.) Idiocy.
Idioted (a.) Rendered idiotic; befooled.
Idiothermic (a.) Self-heating; warmed, as the body of animal, by process going on within itself.
Idiotic (a.) Alt. of Idiotical
Idiotical (a.) Common; simple.
Idiotical (a.) Pertaining to, or like, an idiot; characterized by idiocy; foolish; fatuous; as, an idiotic person, speech, laugh, or action.
Idiotically (adv.) In a idiotic manner.
Idioticon (n.) A dictionary of a peculiar dialect, or of the words and phrases peculiar to one part of a country; a glossary.
Idiotish (a.) Like an idiot; foolish.
Idiotism (n.) An idiom; a form, mode of expression, or signification, peculiar to a language.
Idiotism (n.) Lack of knowledge or mental capacity; idiocy; foolishness.
Idiotize (v. i.) To become stupid.
Idiotry (n.) Idiocy.
Idle (superl.) Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren.
Idle (superl.) Not called into active service; not turned to appropriate use; unemployed; as, idle hours.
Idle (superl.) Not employed; unoccupied with business; inactive; doing nothing; as, idle workmen.
Idle (superl.) Given rest and ease; averse to labor or employment; lazy; slothful; as, an idle fellow.
Idle (superl.) Light-headed; foolish.
Idled (imp. & p. p.) of Idle
Idling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Idle
Idle (v. i.) To lose or spend time in inaction, or without being employed in business.
Idle (v. t.) To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume; -- often followed by away; as, to idle away an hour a day.
Idle-headed (a.) Foolish; stupid.
Idle-headed (a.) Delirious; infatuated.
Idleness (n.) The condition or quality of being idle (in the various senses of that word); uselessness; fruitlessness; triviality; inactivity; laziness.
Idle-pated (a.) Idle-headed; stupid.
Idler (n.) One who idles; one who spends his time in inaction; a lazy person; a sluggard.
Idler (n.) One who has constant day duties on board ship, and keeps no regular watch.
Idler (n.) An idle wheel or pulley. See under Idle.
Idless (n.) Alt. of Idlesse
Idlesse (n.) Idleness.
Idly (adv.) In a idle manner; ineffectually; vainly; lazily; carelessly; (Obs.) foolishly.
Idocrase (n.) Same as Vesuvianite.
Idol (n.) An image or representation of anything.
Idol (n.) An image of a divinity; a representation or symbol of a deity or any other being or thing, made or used as an object of worship; a similitude of a false god.
Idol (n.) That on which the affections are strongly (often excessively) set; an object of passionate devotion; a person or thing greatly loved or adored.
Idol (n.) A false notion or conception; a fallacy.
Idolastre (n.) An idolater.
Idolater (n.) A worshiper of idols; one who pays divine honors to images, statues, or representations of anything made by hands; one who worships as a deity that which is not God; a pagan.
Idolater (n.) An adorer; a great admirer.
Idolatress (n.) A female worshiper of idols.
Idolatrical (a.) Idolatrous.
Idolatrized (imp. & p. p.) of Idolatrize
Idolatrizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Idolatrize
Idolatrize (v. i.) To worship idols; to pay idolatrous worship.
Idolatrize (v. t.) To make in idol of; to idolize.
Idolatrous (a.) Of or pertaining to idolatry; partaking of the nature of idolatry; given to idolatry or the worship of false gods; as, idolatrous sacrifices.
Idolatrous (a.) Consisting in, or partaking of, an excessive attachment or reverence; as, an idolatrous veneration for antiquity.
Idolatrously (adv.) In a idolatrous manner.
Idolatries (pl. ) of Idolatry
Idolatry (n.) The worship of idols, images, or anything which is not God; the worship of false gods.
Idolatry (n.) Excessive attachment or veneration for anything; respect or love which borders on adoration.
Idolish (a.) Idolatrous.
Idolism (n.) The worship of idols.
Idolist (n.) A worshiper of idols.
Idolized (imp. & p. p.) of Idolize
Idolizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Idolize
Idolize (v. t.) To make an idol of; to pay idolatrous worship to; as, to idolize the sacred bull in Egypt.
Idolize (v. t.) To love to excess; to love or reverence to adoration; as, to idolize gold, children, a hero.
Idolize (v. i.) To practice idolatry.
Idolizer (n.) One who idolizes or loves to the point of reverence; an idolater.
Idoloclast (n.) A breaker of idols; an iconoclast.
Idolographical (a.) Descriptive of idols.
Idolous (a.) Idolatrous.
Idoneous (a.) Appropriate; suitable; proper; fit; adequate.
Idorgan (n.) A morphological unit, consisting of two or more plastids, which does not possess the positive character of the person or stock, in distinction from the physiological organ or biorgan. See Morphon.
Idrialine (n.) Alt. of Idrialite
Idrialite (n.) A bituminous substance obtained from the mercury mines of Idria, where it occurs mixed with cinnabar.
Idumean (a.) Of or pertaining to ancient Idumea, or Edom, in Western Asia.
Idumean (n.) An inhabitant of Idumea, an Edomite.
Idyl (n.) A short poem; properly, a short pastoral poem; as, the idyls of Theocritus; also, any poem, especially a narrative or descriptive poem, written in an eleveted and highly finished style; also, by extension, any artless and easily flowing description, either in poetry or prose, of simple, rustic life, of pastoral scenes, and the like.
Idyllic (a.) Of or belonging to idyls.
I. e. () Abbreviation of Latin id est, that is.
If (conj.) In case that; granting, allowing, or supposing that; -- introducing a condition or supposition.
If (conj.) Whether; -- in dependent questions.
I' faith () In faith; indeed; truly.
Ifere (a.) Together.
Igasuric (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, nux vomica or St. Ignatius's bean; as, igasuric acid.
Igasurine (n.) An alkaloid found in nux vomica, and extracted as a white crystalline substance.
Igloo (n.) An Eskimo snow house.
Igloo (n.) A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over its breathing hole in the ice.
Ignatius bean () See Saint Ignatius's bean, under Saint.
Igneous (a.) Pertaining to, having the nature of, fire; containing fire; resembling fire; as, an igneous appearance.
Igneous (a.) Resulting from, or produced by, the action of fire; as, lavas and basalt are igneous rocks.
Ignescent (a.) Emitting sparks of fire when struck with steel; scintillating; as, ignescent stones.
Ignicolist (n.) A worshiper of fire.
Igniferous (a.) Producing fire.
Ignifluous (a.) Flowing with fire.
Ignified (imp. & p. p.) of Ignify
Ignifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ignify
Ignify (v. t.) To form into fire.
Ignigenous (a.) Produced by the action of fire, as lava.
Ignipotence (n.) Power over fire.
Ignipotent (a.) Presiding over fire; also, fiery.
Ignes fatui (pl. ) of Ignis fatuus
Ignis fatuus () A phosphorescent light that appears, in the night, over marshy ground, supposed to be occasioned by the decomposition of animal or vegetable substances, or by some inflammable gas; -- popularly called also Will-with-the-wisp, or Will-o'-the-wisp, and Jack-with-a-lantern, or Jack-o'-lantern.
Ignis fatuus () Fig.: A misleading influence; a decoy.