הֶדְיוֹט
Meanings
Masculine noun
1. layman, a person who is uneducated in the subject matter at hand
Pronunciation
hedyót
Examples2
כשם שאונאה להֶדְיוֹט כָּךְ אונאה לתגר רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר אֵין 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.
שְׂפַת המשפטנים אֵינֶנָּהּ מוּבֶנֶת לרֹב הַהֶדְיוֹטוֹת.
Legal terminology is not comprehensible to most laypeople.