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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
Example sentences :
  • "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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