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crackpotology

noun

Etymology

From crackpot + -o- + -logy.

  1. inherited from *budnós✻
  2. inherited from *puttaz✻
  3. derived from *pott✻
  4. derived from pot — “pot”
  5. inherited from pott
  6. inherited from pot
  7. compounded as crackpot — “crack + pot”
  8. formed as crackpotology — “crackpot + -o- + -logy”

Definitions

  1. The study of crackpots, or eccentric people.

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