- idiocy
- idiocy (n.) 1520s, from IDIOT (Cf. idiot) on model of prophecy, etc. Early alternatives included idiotacy (1580s), idiotry (1590s).
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Idiocy — Id i*o*cy ([i^]d [i^]*[ o]*s[y^]), n. [From idiot; cf. Gr. ? uncouthness, lack of education, fr. ?. See {Idiot}, and cf. {Idiotcy}.] The condition or quality of being an idiot; absence, or marked deficiency, of sense and intelligence. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
idiocy — idiocy. См. умственная отсталость. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
idiocy — [n] utter stupidity asininity, cretinism, derangement, fatuity, fatuousness, foolishness, imbecility, inanity, insanity, insipidity, lunacy, madness, senselessness, tomfoolery; concepts 409,410 Ant. brains, intelligence … New thesaurus
idiocy — idiocy, idiopathic insanity /id(i)yasiy, idiyowpseOak insEenatiy/ See insanity … Black's law dictionary
idiocy — idiocy, idiopathic insanity /id(i)yasiy, idiyowpseOak insEenatiy/ See insanity … Black's law dictionary
idiocy — ► NOUN (pl. idiocies) ▪ extremely stupid behaviour … English terms dictionary
idiocy — [id′ē ə sē] n. [ IDIO(T) + CY] 1. the state of being an idiot 2. behavior like that of an idiot; great foolishness or stupidity 3. pl. idiocies an idiotic act or remark … English World dictionary
idiocy — n. 1) congenital idiocy 2) idiocy to + inf. (it was sheer idiocy for him to arrive late) * * * [ ɪdɪəsɪ] congenital idiocy idiocy to + inf. (it was sheer idiocy for him to arrive late) … Combinatory dictionary
idiocy — Synonyms and related words: amentia, arrested development, asininity, backwardness, battiness, blithering idiocy, brainlessness, buffoonery, clownishness, crackpottedness, crankiness, craziness, cretinism, daffiness, desipience, eccentricity,… … Moby Thesaurus
idiocy — [[t]ɪ̱diəsi[/t]] idiocies N VAR: oft N of n/ ing If you refer to something as idiocy, you mean that you think it is very stupid. ...a powerful chapter on the idiocy of continuing government subsidies for environmentally damaging activities.… … English dictionary
