idiotry

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From idiot +‎ -ry.

Noun[edit]

idiotry (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Idiocy
    • 1752, William Warburton, “Epistle to Dr. [John] Arbuthnot, Being the Prologue to the Satires”, in Alexander Pope, The Works of Alexander Pope Esq., volume IV, London: [] J[ohn] and P[aul] Knapton [], →OCLC, footnote, page 22:
      But ſo great vvas his love of ſacred amity at the ſame time, that he ſays, I ſtill keep up any correſpondence vvith him, notvvithſtanding his Idiotry, for it is my principle to be contſant in my friendſhips []

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