Part 5528

<h1>Idiopathic, Idiopathical</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw><hw>Id`i*o*path"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Id`i*o*path"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>idiopathique</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to idiopathy; characterizing a disease arising primarily, and not in consequence of some other disease or injury; -- opposed to <i>symptomatic</i>, <i>sympathetic</i>, and <i>traumatic</i>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Id`i*o*path"ic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Idiopathy</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw>Id`i*op"a*thy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Idiopathies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ proper, peculiar + <?/, <?/, to suffer: cf. F. <ets>idiopathie</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A peculiar, or individual, characteristic or affection.</def>

<blockquote>All men are so full of their own fancies and <b>idiopathies</b>, that they scarce have the civility to interchange any words with a stranger. <i>Dr. H. More.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A morbid state or condition not preceded or occasioned by any other disease; a primary disease.</def>

<h1>Idiophanous</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw>Id`i*oph"a*nous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Idio-</ets> + <?/ to appear.]</ety> <fld>(Crystallog.)</fld> <def>Exhibiting interference figures without the aid of a polariscope, as certain crystals.</def>

<h1>Idioplasm</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw>Id"i*o*plasm</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Idioplasma</er>.</def>

<h1>Idioplasma</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw>Id`i*o*plas"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ proper, peculiar + <?/ a form, mold.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>That portion of the cell protoplasm which is the seat of all active changes, and which carries on the function of hereditary transmission; -- distinguished from the other portion, which is termed <i>nutritive plasma</i>. See <er>Hygroplasm</er>.</def> <-- any modern equivalent? The chromosome/ Genome? -->

<h1>Idiorepulsive</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw>Id`i*o*re*pul"sive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Idio-</ets> + <ets>repulsive</ets>.]</ety> <def>Repulsive by itself; <as>as, the <ex>idiorepulsive</ex> power of heat</as>.</def>

<h1>Idiosyncrasy</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw>Id`i*o*syn"cra*sy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Idiosyncrasies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ proper, peculiar + <?/ a mixing together, fr. <?/ to mix together; <?/ with + <?/ to mix: cf. F. <ets>idiosyncrasie</ets>. See <er>Idiom</er>, and <er>Crasis</er>.]</ety> <def>A peculiarity of physical or mental constitution or temperament; a characteristic belonging to, and distinguishing, an individual; characteristic susceptibility; idiocrasy; eccentricity.</def>

<blockquote>The individual mind . . . takes its tone from the <b>idiosyncrasies</b> of the body. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Idiosyncratic, Idiosyncratical</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw><hw>Id`i*o*syn*crat"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Id`i*o*syn*crat"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of peculiar temper or disposition; belonging to one's peculiar and individual character.</def>

<h1>Idiot</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw>Id"i*ot</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>idiot</ets>, L. <ets>idiota</ets> an uneducated, ignorant, ill-informed person, Gr. <?/, also and orig., a private person, not holding public office, fr. <?/ proper, peculiar. See <er>Idiom</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A man in private station, as distinguished from one holding a public office.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>St. Austin affirmed that the plain places of Scripture are sufficient to all laics, and all <b>idiots</b> or private persons. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An unlearned, ignorant, or simple person, as distinguished from the educated; an ignoramus.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Christ was received of <b>idiots</b>, of the vulgar people, and of the simpler sort, while he was rejected, despised, and persecuted even to death by the high priests, lawyers, scribes, doctors, and rabbis. <i>C. Blount.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A human being destitute of the ordinary intellectual powers, whether congenital, developmental, or accidental; commonly, a person without understanding from birth; a natural fool; a natural; an innocent.</def>

<blockquote>Life . . . is a tale Told by an <b>idiot</b>, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A fool; a simpleton; -- a term of reproach.</def>

<blockquote>Weenest thou make an <b>idiot</b> of our dame? <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>