idiotic

English

Alternative forms

•  idiotick (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

From idiot +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪd.iˈɑt.ɪk/, [ɪɾiˈɑɾɪk]
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪd.iˈɒt.ɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• 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

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 Ottoman Turkish: بوك (böñ) Persian: احمق (fa) (ahmaq) Polish: idiotowaty Portuguese: idiótico Russian: идио́тский (ru) (idiótskij), дура́цкий (ru) (duráckij) Sanskrit: मूर्ख (sa) (mūrkha) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: идѝотскӣ Roman: idìotskī (sh) Spanish: idiótico Swedish: idiotisk (sv) Turkish: saçma (tr), salakça (tr) 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: βεβρός (bebrós) Indonesian: idiot (id) Latvian: idiotisks Polish: idiotyczny (pl) 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 […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “idiotic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.