idiotcy
(ˈɪdɪətsɪ)
[irreg. f. idiot + -cy, q.v.]
= idiocy, idiotism.
| 1818 in Todd. 1839 F. Barham Adamus Exul. 34 It is but idiotcy to anatomise The fine degrees of guilt. 1851 H. Mayo Pop. Superst. (ed. 2) 76 Congenital idiotcy and imbecility. 1855 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (1887) I. vii. §268. 470 A doctrine which makes idiotcy unaccountable. 1865 Nichols Britton II. 20 As long as they continue in their idiotcy [en lour sotie]. |