What is a fool; a simpleton; -- a term of reproach. Weenest thou make an idiot of our dame Chaucer called?
idiot — A fool; a simpleton; -- a term of reproach. Weenest thou make an idiot of our dame Chaucer. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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