idiotic

English

Alternative forms

idiotick (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

idiot +‎ -ic

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

idiotic (comparative more idiotic, superlative most idiotic)

(of a person or animal) Pertaining to or resembling an idiot; characterised with behaviour resembling idiocy.
(of an action) Having the quality of idiocy; very foolish
Synonyms: stupid, nonsensical

Synonyms

idiotish

Related terms

Translations

pertaining to or resembling an idiot

Arabic: عَبِيط‎ (ʿabīṭ)
Bengali: মূর্খ (murkhô)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 白痴的 (zh) (báichī), 愚蠢的 (zh) (yúchǔn de)
Czech: idiotský (cs)
Esperanto: idiota (eo)
French: idiot (fr), stupide (fr), idiotique (fr)
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
Persian: احمق‎ (fa) (ahmaq)
Portuguese: idiótico
Russian: идио́тский (ru) (idiótskij), дура́цкий (ru) (duráckij)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: идѝотскӣ

Roman: idìotskī (sh)
Swedish: idiotisk (sv)
Turkish: saçma (tr), salakça (tr)
Urdu: مورکھ‎ (mūrkh), احمق‎ (ahmaq)
Volapük: diotanik

having the quality of idiocy

Bengali: মূর্খ (mūrkh)
Burmese: နှမ်း (my) (hnam:)
Catalan: idiota (ca)
Dutch: idioot (nl)
Esperanto: idiota (eo)
German: idiotisch (de)
Indonesian: idiot (id)
Latvian: idiotisks

Portuguese: idiota (pt)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: идѝотскӣ

Roman: idìotskī (sh)
Spanish: idiota (es)
Swedish: idiotisk (sv), dum (sv)
Volapük: diotik (vo)

References

idiotic in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
idiotic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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