idiotic

English

Alternative forms

•  idiotick (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

idiot +‎ -ic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒtɪk

Adjective

idiotic (comparative more idiotic, superlative most idiotic)

1. Pertaining to or resembling an idiot; afflicted with idiocy.
2. Having the quality of idiocy; very foolish; stupid; nonsensical.

Related terms

• idiocy
• idiot
• idiotically

Translations

pertaining to or resembling an idiot

Bengali: মূর্খ (bn) (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) German: idiotisch (de), blöd (de) Hindi: मूढ़ (hi) (mūṛha) Japanese: 馬鹿な (ja) (ばかな, baka-na)

Persian: احمقانه (fa) (ahmaqâne) Russian: идиотский (ru) (idiótskij), дурацкий (ru) (duráckij) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: идиотски (sh) Roman: idiotski (sh) Swedish: idiotisk Urdu: مورھ (ur) (mūṛha) Volapük: (male or female) diotanik (vo), (male) hidiotanik (vo), (female) jidiotanik (vo)

having the quality of idiocy

Bengali: মূর্খ (bn) Croatian: idìotskī (hr) Dutch: idioot (nl) Esperanto: idiota (eo)

German: idiotisch (de) Swedish: idiotisk, 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