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adjective

Idiotical, Idiotic adj.

Common; simple. (Obs.)

Pertaining to, or like, an idiot; characterized by idiocy; foolish; fatuous; as, an idiotic person, speech, laugh, or action.

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Etymology of 'Idiotic'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Idiotic" Quotes from Famous Books

... if the Chan Santa Cruz sentinels had seen that idiotic Jake, and followed him in order to learn where we were hiding," he said when Neal asked why they had left the ravine during the hottest portion of the day. "If the Indians should besiege us here, it would only be a few hours ...

— The Search for the Silver City - A Tale of Adventure in Yucatan • James Otis

... Mr. Wooster. I am ashamed to say that there was a time when I was like other men, a slave to the idiotic convention which we call Class Distinction. But, since ...

— Death At The Excelsior • P. G. Wodehouse

... copied the item, and several made editorial comment upon it as being the most shocking occurrence of the kind ever known on the Pacific Coast. Of course rival Virginia City papers at once denounced the item as a "cruel and idiotic hoax." They showed how the publication of such "shocking and reckless falsehoods" disgraced and injured the State, and they made it as "sultry" as possible for the ...

— Mark Twain • Archibald Henderson

... Nothing made him happier than to be seen whispering mysteriously in corners with the prettiest woman in the room. He did not seem to perceive that for one woman silly or vain or vulgar enough to be flattered by his idiotic persecution, a dozen would loathe the very sight of him, ...

— Peter Ibbetson • George du Marier et al

... not. He would report it to the governor, who, in his idiotic love for monarchy, would adjudge her responsible for a deed ...

— The Real America in Romance, Volume 6; A Century Too Soon (A Story - of Bacon's Rebellion) • John R. Musick

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