idiotic

English

Alternative forms

•  idiotick (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

Etymology tree

English idiot

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

Middle English -ik

English -ic

English idiotic

From idiot + -ic.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɪdiˈɑtɪk/, [ˌɪɾiˈɑɾɪk]
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɪdiˈɒtɪk/

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• (Indic) IPA^(key): /ˌɪɖiˈɔʈɪk/
• Hyphenation: id‧i‧ot‧ic
• Rhymes: -ɒtɪk

Adjective

idiotic (comparative more idiotic, superlative most idiotic)

1. (of a person or animal) Pertaining to or resembling an idiot; characterised with behaviour resembling idiocy.
2. (of an action) Having the quality of idiocy; very foolish

   Synonyms: stupid, nonsensical

   • 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 131:

     Everyone else shifted uncomfortably as this guy continued his derisive laughter and proclaimed my quest the most idiotic thing he'd heard in his life.

Synonyms

• idiotish

Derived terms

• idiotical
• idioticity
• unidiotic

Related terms

• idiocy
• idiot
• idiotically
• idioticness

Translations

pertaining to or resembling an idiot

• Arabic: عَبِيط (ʕabīṭ)
• Bengali: মূর্খ (bn) (murkho)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白痴的 (zh) (báichī), 愚蠢的 (zh) (yúchǔn de)

• Czech: idiotský (cs)
• Danish: idiotisk
• Esperanto: idiota (eo)
• French: idiot (fr), stupide (fr), idiotique (fr)
• Galician: bolonio m, pallouco m, parvo (gl) m, babiolo (gl) m, mascato m, babeco (gl) m, lores m
• German: idiotisch (de), blöd (de)
• Hindi: मूर्ख (hi) (mūrkh), अहमक़ (ahmaq)
• Indonesian: bodoh (id), goblok (id), tolol (id), idiot (id)
• Japanese: 馬鹿な (ja) (ばかな, baka na)
• Latvian: idiotisks
• Māori: hukehuke, rūrūwai
• Persian: احمق (fa) (ahmaq)
• Polish: idiotowaty
• Portuguese: idiótico
• Russian: идио́тский (ru) (idiótskij), дура́цкий (ru) (duráckij)
• Sanskrit: मूर्ख (sa) (mūrkha)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: идѝотскӣ

  Latin: idìotskī (sh)

• Spanish: idiótico
• Swedish: idiotisk (sv)
• Turkish: saçma (tr), salakça (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: بوك (böñ), شاشقین (şaşkın)

• Urdu: مورکھ (mūrkh), احمق (ahmaq)
• Volapük: diotanik

having the quality of idiocy

• Bengali: মূর্খ (bn) (murkho)
• Burmese: နှမ်း (my) (hnam:)
• Catalan: idiota (ca)
• Danish: idiotisk, dum (da)
• Dutch: idioot (nl)
• Esperanto: idiota (eo)
• Galician: bolonio m, pallouco m, parvo (gl) m, babiolo (gl) m, mascato m, babeco (gl) m, lores m
• German: idiotisch (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: βεβρός (bebrós)

• Indonesian: idiot (id)
• Latvian: idiotisks
• Polish: idiotyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: idiota (pt)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: идѝотскӣ

  Latin: idìotskī (sh)

• Spanish: idiota (es)
• Swedish: idiotisk (sv), dum (sv)
• Volapük: diotik (vo)

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “idiotic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “idiotic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.