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.

Synonyms

• idiotish

Related terms

• idiocy
• idiot
• idiotically

Translations

pertaining to or resembling an idiot

• Bengali: মূর্খ (bn) (murkhô)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白痴的 (cmn) (báichī), 愚蠢的 (cmn) (yúchǔn de)

• Czech: idiotský (cs)
• Esperanto: idiota (eo)
• French: idiot (fr), stupide (fr)
• German: idiotisch (de), blöd (de)
• Hindi: मूर्ख (hi) (mūrkh), अहमक़ (hi) (ahmaq)
• Japanese: 馬鹿な (ja) (ばかな, baka-na)

• Latvian: idiotisks (lv)
• Persian: احمق (fa) (ahmaq)
• Russian: идиотский (ru) (idiótskij), дурацкий (ru) (duráckij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: идѝотскӣ (sh)

  Roman: idìotskī (sh)

• Swedish: idiotisk
• Urdu: مورکھ (ur) (mūrkh), احمق (ur) (ahmaq)
• Volapük: (male or female) diotanik (vo), (male) hidiotanik (vo), (female) jidiotanik (vo)

having the quality of idiocy

• Bengali: মূর্খ (bn)
• Burmese: နှမ်း (my) (hnan:)
• Dutch: idioot (nl)
• Esperanto: idiota (eo)
• German: idiotisch (de)
• Latvian: idiotisks (lv)

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: идѝотскӣ (sh)

  Roman: idìotskī (sh)

• 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