idiotic
/ˌɪdiˈɒtɪk/ih-dee-AH-tik
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ˌɪdiˈɑtɪk/ih-dee-AH-tik
Meaninglike an idiot
Common meaning: very foolish
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- idiopersonal, peculiar to oneselfLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 693 · scan
- tpast-participle ending
- icadjective ending: relating to
Journey through time
- Greekἴδιος‘personal, peculiar to oneself’
- Latinidiota
- Frenchidiot
- Middle Englishidiotsource
- Englishidiot‘a foolish person’
- Englishformed in English from idiotidiotic‘very foolish’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from idiot + -ic.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), IDIOT, p.280 · scan
Roots
- ἴδιος Greek “personal, peculiar to oneself”
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