English Dictionary: idiotic | by the DICT Development Group |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Idiotcy \Id"i*ot*cy\, n. [Cf. {Idiocy}.] Idiocy. [R.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Idiotic \Id`i*ot"ic\, Idiotical \Id`i*ot"ic*al\, a. [L. idioticus ignorant, Gr. [?]: cf. F. idiotique. See {Idiot}.] 1. Common; simple. [Obs.] --Blackwall. 2. Pertaining to, or like, an idiot; characterized by idiocy; foolish; fatuous; as, an idiotic person, speech, laugh, or action. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Idiotic \Id`i*ot"ic\, Idiotical \Id`i*ot"ic*al\, a. [L. idioticus ignorant, Gr. [?]: cf. F. idiotique. See {Idiot}.] 1. Common; simple. [Obs.] --Blackwall. 2. Pertaining to, or like, an idiot; characterized by idiocy; foolish; fatuous; as, an idiotic person, speech, laugh, or action. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Idiotically \Id`i*ot"ic*al*ly\, adv. In a idiotic manner. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Idioticon \Id`i*ot"i*con\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] belonging to a private man, private. See {Idiot}.] A dictionary of a peculiar dialect, or of the words and phrases peculiar to one part of a country; a glossary. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Idiotish \Id"i*ot*ish\, a. Like an idiot; foolish. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Idiotism \Id"i*ot*ism\, n. [F. idiotisme, L. idiotismus the way of fashion of a private person, the common or vulgar manner of speaking, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to put into or use common language, fr. [?]. See {Idiot}.] 1. An idiom; a form, mode of expression, or signification, peculiar to a language. Scholars sometimes give terminations and idiotisms, suitable to their native language, unto words newly invented. --M. Hale. 2. Lack of knowledge or mental capacity; idiocy; foolishness. Worse than mere ignorance or idiotism. --Shaftesbury. The running that adventure is the greatist idiotism. --Hammond. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Idiotize \Id"i*ot*ize\, v. i. To become stupid. [R.] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ITU-T X.680 {Coordinated Universal Time} |