A combining form from the Greek
n. [ Ideo- + -blast. ] (Bot.) An individual cell, differing greatly from its neighbours in regard to size, structure, or contents. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL. ] Idiocracy. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. [ From idiot; cf. Gr. &unr_; uncouthness, lack of education, fr. &unr_;. See Idiot, and cf. Idiotcy. ] The condition or quality of being an idiot; absence, or marked deficiency, of sense and intelligence. [ 1913 Webster ]
I will undertake to convict a man of idiocy, if he can not see the proof that three angles of a triangle are equal to two right angles. F. W. Robertson. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Idio- + Gr. &unr_; circle + &unr_; to appear. ] (Crystallog.) Same as Idiophanous. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Idio- + electric: cf. F. idioélectrique. ] (Physics) Electric by virtue of its own peculiar properties; capable of becoming electrified by friction; -- opposed to
n. [ Gr. &unr_; autographic;