Innocent \In"no*cent\, n.
1. An innocent person; one free from, or unacquainted with,
guilt or sin. --Shak.
2. An unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an
idiot. --B. Jonson.
In Scotland a natural fool was called an innocent.
--Sir W.
Scott.
{Innocents' day} (Eccl.), Childermas day.
Innocents' Day
n : December 28, commemorating Herod's slaughter of the children
of Bethlehem [syn: {Holy Innocents' Day}]