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idiotic


adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of an idiot.
  2. senselessly foolish or stupid: an idiotic remark.

adjective

  1. of or resembling an idiot; foolish; senseless
adj.

1713, from Late Latin idioticus “uneducated, ignorant,” in classical Latin, “of an ordinary person,” from Greek idiotikos “unprofessional, unskilled; not done by rules of art, unprofessional,” from idiotes (see idiot). Idiotical is from 1640s. Related: Idiotically.

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