idiocy

  • 21idiocy — id|i|o|cy [ ıdiəsi ] noun 1. ) uncount very stupid ideas or behavior 2. ) count a very stupid thing to say or do: the idiocies of the popular press …

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  • 22idiocy — id·i·o·cy || ɪdɪəsɪ n. condition of being an idiot; stupidity, foolishness, craziness, silliness …

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  • 23idiocy — noun (plural idiocies) extremely stupid behaviour. Origin C16: from idiot …

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  • 24idiocy — n. 1. Condition of an idiot, imbecility, native irrationality, congenital imbecility. 2. Foolishness, imbecility, fatuity, feebleness of intellect, want of understanding …

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  • 25idiocy — n 1. imbecility, moronism, moronity, retardation, Psychiatry. amentia; senility, anility, dotage; simple mindedness, shallowness, feeble mindedness, weak mindedness; harebrainedness, giddiness, recklessness; absent mindedness, confusedness,… …

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  • 26idiocy — id·i·o·cy …

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  • 27idiocy — [ˈɪdiəsi] noun 1) [U] very stupid ideas or behaviour 2) [C] a very stupid thing to say or do …

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  • 28idiocy — id•i•o•cy [[t]ˈɪd i ə si[/t]] n. pl. cies 1) utterly senseless or foolish behavior; a stupid or foolish act or statement 2) psl the state of being an idiot • Etymology: 1520–30; idio (t) + cy; cf. Gk idiōteía uncouthness …

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  • 29idiocy — /ˈɪdiəsi / (say ideeuhsee) noun (plural idiocies) 1. silliness; stupidity; senselessness. 2. Psychiatry Obsolescent the condition of being an idiot; extreme mental deficiency. {? Greek idiōteia uncouthness, defenceless condition; or from idiot,… …

  • 30idiocy — A total absence of mind or reason; a condition of hopeless mental incapacity existing from birth. Slaughter v Heath, 127 Ga 787, 57 SE 69; Owing s Case (Md) 1 Bland Ch 370 …

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