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English
Etymology
From idiot + -ry.
Noun
idiotry (uncountable)
- (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 and P 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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