הדיוט
Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “commoner, layman”). Doublet of אִידִיוֹט (idyót).
Noun
[edit]הֶדְיוֹט • (hedyót) m
- layman, a person who is uneducated in the subject matter at hand
- a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Bava Metzi'a 4:4:
- כשם שאונאה להדיוט כך אונאה לתגר רבי יהודה אומר אין אונאה לתגר
- Just as [the law of] fraud is [applicable] to [the case where one is dealing with] a layman, likewise [the law of] fraud is [applicable] to [the case where one is dealing with] a merchant. Rabbi Yehudah says: [The law of] fraud is not [applicable] to [the case where one is dealing with] a merchant.