thánh

Etymology
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The informal adjectival sense "naive, credulous, gullible" likely semantically develops from sense "saintly" and thus parallels that of English, and the informal nominal sense "idiot, moron, simpleton" also likely semantically develops from sense "saint" and parallels that of French ; see those entries for semantic developments.

Adjective

 * 1) holy; sacred; saintly

Noun

 * 1)  a sage
 * 2)  a saint
 * 3)  idiot, moron, dullard, fool, simpleton, cretin
 * 1)  idiot, moron, dullard, fool, simpleton, cretin

Usage notes
Only used for actual saints. For places named after saints, use the corresponding French transcription instead, e.g.,. Informally, may also be used, e.g.,.