transcription, транскрипция: [ sæv(ə)nt, AM sævɑ:nt ]
( savants)
1.
A savant is a person of great learning or natural ability. ( FORMAL )
The opinion of savants on the composition of the lunar surface.
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2.
You can refer to someone as an idiot savant if they seem to be less intelligent than normal people but are unusually good at doing one particular thing.
...an idiot savant, an autistic with a gift for numbers.
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