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idioté (1310)

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idioté (1310)

idiocie;  ydiocee,  ydioté  
  FEW:  idiotes *4,539a Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF: DMF: TLF:  idiotie  OED:  idiocy  MED: DMLBS:  idiotia 1200c

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lawidiocy, state of being mentally deficient
( 1342-43 )  certeins terres furent seisiz en la meyn le roy par cause de idiocie  17 Ed III 187
( 1433 )  Et qe le dit duk, tout la vie le dit John, fitz John, quy fuist ydeot [...] avoit la gard de luy [...] par reason del fatuitee et ydiocee avant ditz, come la leie voet  iv 474
( 1310 ) Johan Waler[aund] [...] qe fut ydiot tote sa vie, par r[esoun] de quele ydionerie (var. (P: ) ydyor; (B: ) ydioté) le roy avoit sa terre tute la vie Johan  Ed II iv 117 (var.)

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See also:

idionerie  idior  idiot  idiotrie 
This is an AND2 Phase 3 (I/Y-M) entry. © 2008-2012 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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