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idiocy

noun
/ˈɪdiəsi//ˈɪɾiəsi/US

Etymology

From French idiotie, from Old French idiot. Displaced earlier idiotacy, idiotry. Equivalent to idiot + -cy. By surface analysis, idio- + -cy.

  1. derived from idiot
  2. derived from idiotie

Definitions

  1. The state or condition of being an idiot

    The state or condition of being an idiot; the quality of having an intelligence level far below average.

  2. Lack of intelligence or sense

    Lack of intelligence or sense; extremely foolish behaviour.

    • The administrators, growing tired of such idiocy, put a new policy in place.

  3. An idiotic act or utterance.

    • The list of his idiocies is seemingly interminable.

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Derived

artificial idiocy, covidiocy, Mongolian idiocy

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for idiocy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA