Term: idiot savant: person who is mentally retarded in general but who displays remarkable aptitude in some limited field (usually involving memory)
Broader: simpleton: a person lacking intelligence or common sense | Unrelated: california poppy: of Pacific coast of North America; widely cultivated for its yellow to red flowers
Broader: simpleton: a person lacking intelligence or common sense | Unrelated: key signature: the sharps or flats that follow the clef and indicate the key
Broader: simpleton: a person lacking intelligence or common sense | Unrelated: atrial artery: the branch of the coronary artery that supplies the muscles of the atria
Broader: simpleton: a person lacking intelligence or common sense | Unrelated: sentence: a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
Broader: simpleton: a person lacking intelligence or common sense | Unrelated: nolina: perennial plants resembling yucca; found in southern United States and Mexico
Broader: simpleton: a person lacking intelligence or common sense | Unrelated: pinchgut: a niggardly person who starves himself (and others)
Broader: simpleton: a person lacking intelligence or common sense | Unrelated: hippotragus: sable antelopes
Broader: simpleton: a person lacking intelligence or common sense | Unrelated: baggage: a worthless or immoral woman
Broader: simpleton: a person lacking intelligence or common sense | Unrelated: chamberpot: a receptacle for urination or defecation in the bedroom
Broader: simpleton: a person lacking intelligence or common sense | Unrelated: ledum: evergreen shrubs of north temperate regions