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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : id-ee-uh-see |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪd i ə si |
Definition of idiocy
Origin :- 1520s, from idiot on model of prophecy, etc. Early alternatives included idiotacy (1580s), idiotry (1590s).
- noun utter stupidity
- "Yes, sir," replied Toby, with a most provoking look of idiocy.
- Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- The features, save in this respect, had almost a look of idiocy.
- Extract from : « Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 (of 2) » by Charles Lever
- The idea appeared to strike her as the very height of idiocy.
- Extract from : « Wizard » by Laurence Mark Janifer (AKA Larry M. Harris)
- No, Mr Distin; but I call the beginning of this silly row a piece of idiocy.
- Extract from : « The Weathercock » by George Manville Fenn
- Each feature was as eloquent of rascality as an ape's of idiocy.
- Extract from : « A Man's Value to Society » by Newell Dwight Hillis
- Each feature is as eloquent of rascality as an ape's of idiocy.
- Extract from : « A Man's Value to Society » by Newell Dwight Hillis
- The late cultivation of idiocy by the American dude was unique.
- Extract from : « The Complete Essays of C. D. Warner » by Charles Dudley Warner
- And this infernal thing of Grant's has been encouraging me in idiocy.
- Extract from : « The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig » by David Graham Phillips
- Who, then, prepared the soil for the seeds of this idiocy to take root?
- Extract from : « A Century of Science and Other Essays » by John Fiske
- It was the gleam of idiocy—that sinister sheen that cuts a man from his birthright.
- Extract from : « Brothers of Peril » by Theodore Goodridge Roberts
Synonyms for idiocy
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