idiot savant

1. 1.

   person who is mentally retarded in general but who displays remarkable aptitude in some limited field (usually involving memory)

   Broadersimpleton

Questions about idiot savant

What does idiot savant mean?

idiot savant means "person who is mentally retarded in general but who displays remarkable aptitude in some limited field (usually involving memory)".

Is idiot savant a common word?

idiot savant is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.