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idiot savant

noun

NAmE//ˌɪdiət sæˈvɑnt//

, NAmE//ˌɪdiətsəˈvɑnt//

(pl. idiot savants or idiots savants

NAmE//ˌɪdiət sæˈvɑnt//

, NAmE//ˌɪdiətsəˈvɑnt//

) (from French)

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a person who has severe learning difficulties, but who has an unusually high level of ability in a particular skill, for example in art or music, or in remembering things

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