/ præt; NAmE / noun
( BrE , slang ) a stupid person
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 16th cent. (originally referring to a person's buttocks): of unknown origin. The current sense dates from the 1960s.
/ præt; NAmE / noun
( BrE , slang ) a stupid person
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 16th cent. (originally referring to a person's buttocks): of unknown origin. The current sense dates from the 1960s.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005