idiotic - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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•  idiotick (obsolete, rare)

From idiot +‎ -ic.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪd.iˈɑt.ɪk/, [ɪɾiˈɑɾɪk]
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪd.iˈɒt.ɪk/
• Hyphenation: id‧i‧ot‧ic
• Rhymes: -ɒtɪk

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.

• idiotish

• idiocy
• idiot
• idiotically
• idioticness

• 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.