Part 5529

<h1>Idiotcy</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw>Id"i*ot*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Idiocy</er>.]</ety> <def>Idiocy.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Idioted</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw>Id"i*ot*ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Rendered idiotic; befooled.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<h1>Idiothermic</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw>Id`i*o*ther"mic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Idio-</ets> + <ets>thermic</ets>.]</ety> <def>Self-heating; warmed, as the body of animal, by process going on within itself.</def>

<h1>Idiotic, Idiotical</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw><hw>Id`i*ot"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Id`i*ot"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>idioticus</ets> ignorant, Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>idiotique</ets>. See <er>Idiot</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Common; simple.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Blackwall.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Pertaining to, or like, an idiot; characterized by idiocy; foolish; fatuous; <as>as, an <ex>idiotic</ex> person, speech, laugh, or action</as>.</def>

<h1>Idiotically</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw>Id`i*ot"ic*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a idiotic manner.</def>

<h1>Idioticon</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw>Id`i*ot"i*con</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ belonging to a private man, private. See <er>Idiot</er>.]</ety> <def>A dictionary of a peculiar dialect, or of the words and phrases peculiar to one part of a country; a glossary.</def>

<h1>Idiotish</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw>Id"i*ot*ish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like an idiot; foolish.</def>

<h1>Idiotism</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw>Id"i*ot*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>idiotisme</ets>, L. <ets>idiotismus</ets> the way of fashion of a private person, the common or vulgar manner of speaking, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to put into or use common language, fr. <?/. See <er>Idiot</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An idiom; a form, mode of expression, or signification, peculiar to a language.</def>

<blockquote>Scholars sometimes give terminations and <b>idiotisms</b>, suitable to their native language, unto words newly invented. <i>M. Hale.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Lack of knowledge or mental capacity; idiocy; foolishness.</def>

<blockquote>Worse than mere ignorance or <b>idiotism</b>. <i>Shaftesbury.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The running that adventure is the greatist <b>idiotism</b>. <i>Hammond.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Idiotize</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw>Id"i*ot*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To become stupid.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Idiotry</h1> <Xpage=726>

<hw>Id"i*ot*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Idiocy.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Warburton.</i>