village idiot

Etymology
From the saying “Every village has its village idiot”, alleged to be an old Yiddish proverb.

Noun

 * 1) A person widely known in their community for their stupidity and ignorant behaviour.

Usage notes
Usually used in the singular with the definite article (“ the village idiot”) or preceded by another definite determiner (“its”, “our”, ...).

Translations

 * Danish: landsbytosse
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: külahull
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: שוטה הכפר
 * Hungarian: falu bolondja
 * Italian: scemo del villaggio
 * Macedonian: селска буда́ла
 * Polish: wiejski głupek
 * Portuguese: idiota da vila
 * Romanian: prostul satului
 * Russian:, дереве́нский дурачо́к
 * Spanish: tonto del pueblo
 * Swedish:
 * West Frisian: doarpsgek