Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
idiotic. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
idiotic, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
idiotic in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
idiotic you have here. The definition of the word
idiotic will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
idiotic, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
idiot + -ic
Pronunciation
Adjective
idiotic (comparative more idiotic, superlative most idiotic)
- (of a person or animal) Pertaining to or resembling an idiot; characterised with behaviour resembling idiocy.
- (of an action) Having the quality of idiocy; very foolish
- Synonyms: stupid, nonsensical
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
pertaining to or resembling an idiot
- Arabic: عَبِيط (ʕabīṭ)
- Bengali: মূর্খ (bn) (murkho)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 白痴的 (zh) (báichī), 愚蠢的 (zh) (yúchǔn de)
- Czech: idiotský (cs)
- Danish: idiotisk
- Esperanto: idiota (eo)
- French: idiot (fr), stupide (fr), idiotique (fr)
- Galician: bolonio m, pallouco m, parvo (gl) m, babiolo (gl) m, mascato m, babeco (gl) m, lores m
- German: idiotisch (de), blöd (de)
- Hindi: मूर्ख (hi) (mūrkh), अहमक़ (ahmaq)
- Indonesian: bodoh (id), goblok (id), tolol (id), idiot (id)
- Japanese: 馬鹿な (ja) (ばかな, baka na)
- Latvian: idiotisks
- Ottoman Turkish: بوك (böñ)
- Persian: احمق (fa) (ahmaq)
- Polish: idiotowaty
- Portuguese: idiótico
- Russian: идио́тский (ru) (idiótskij), дура́цкий (ru) (duráckij)
- Sanskrit: मूर्ख (sa) (mūrkha)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: идѝотскӣ
- Roman: idìotskī (sh)
- Spanish: idiótico
- Swedish: idiotisk (sv)
- Turkish: saçma (tr), salakça (tr)
- Urdu: مورکھ (mūrkh), احمق (ahmaq)
- Volapük: diotanik
|
having the quality of idiocy
References
- “idiotic”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “idiotic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.