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Meaning of idiot-savant | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Examples

“That slightly wide-eyed boyishness has given him a career playing ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances, whether that be everyone's favourite idiot-savant Forrest Gump (1994), a pilot who saves the day in Sully (2016), or the beleaguered Captain Miller of Saving Private Ryan (1998).”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

idiot, dimwit idiot's apostrophe Idiot's Delight idiot's errand idiot's lantern idiota