As nouns the difference between rendezvous and idiot
is that
rendezvous is rendezvous while
idiot is (slang|derogatory) a proponent of intelligent design.
rendezvous English
Noun
A meeting or date.
- I have a rendezvous with a friend in three weeks.
An agreement to meet; a location or time agreed upon to meet.
- “Get the party started at the rendezvous at oh six hours.”
A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet.
* Sir Walter Scott
- an inn, the free rendezvous of all travellers
(label) The appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment.
* Clarendon
- The king appointed his whole army to be drawn together to a rendezvous at Marlborough.
(obsolete) retreat; refuge
- (Shakespeare)
Synonyms
* (military) RV (abbreviation)
Usage notes
The plural rendezvous'' (/-vu/) is normally ''rendezvous'' (/-vuz/). Rarely, the form ''rendezvouses is encountered.
Verb
To meet at an agreed time and place.
- Let's rendezvous at the bordello at 8:00 and go from there.
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idiot English
Alternative forms
* eejit
* idjit, idget (eye dialect)
Noun
( en noun)
(pejorative) A person of low general intelligence.
- usage note This may be used pejoratively, as an insult. It is a weak insult, however, and between close friends, family members, or lovers, is often completely nonaggressive.
(obsolete, medicine, psychology) A person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old.
Synonyms
* See also
Antonyms
* genius
Related terms
* idiocy
* idiom
* idiosyncratic
* idiotic
* idiotically
* idiot savant
* useful idiot
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