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A person widely known in their community for their stupidity and ignorant behaviour.

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village idiot

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village idiot

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A person widely known in their community for their stupidity and ignorant behaviour.

Japanese Meaning

村や地域社会で、その愚かさや無知な振る舞いが広く知られている人物。 / 地域の中で愚かで、軽蔑や嘲笑の対象となる人物。

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Everyone in the village called Martin the village idiot until he solved the drought problem with an unexpected idea.

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村の誰もがマーティンを村の愚か者だと呼んでいたが、彼は思いがけない発想で干ばつの問題を解決した。

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A person widely known in their community for their stupidity and ignorant behaviour.

It is true that the Doocot was occasionally appropriated to other purposes than that of a tolbooth for the sorner, the drunken gipsy, the village idiot at the change of the moon, the swearing bluegown, and the contumacious birdnester on the sabbath; […]

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village idiots

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