ProphetesAI is thinking...
idiotcy
Answers
MindMap
Loading...
Sources
idiotcy
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...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
Anthony Highmore (legal writer)
A Treatise on the Law of Idiotcy and Lunacy, 1807; American edit., 1822.
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
idiocy
idiocy (ˈɪdɪəsɪ) Also 6 idiosy, 7 ideocy. [Possibly ad. Gr. ἰδιωτεία uncouthness, want of education, f. ἰδιώτης idiot; but perh. formed analogically on idiot, without reference to the Greek, after other ns. in -cy from words in -t, as prophet, prophecy, etc. See also idiotcy. F. idiotie is recent.] ...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
William Nicol (teacher)
He went on to criticise the negative comments published in the press about Burns, saying that "..stupidity and idiotcy rejoice, when a great and an immortal
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
in-and-in
in and in, in-and-in, adv. and n. [in adv.] A. adv. 1. a. Further and further in; continually inwards; esp. in phrase to breed in and in, to breed always within a limited stock (see breed v. III); so to marry in and in, to marry with near relatives, in successive generations.1633 B. Jonson Tale Tub ...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
The Hunting of the Snark
The Athenaeum described it as "the most bewildering of modern poetry", wondering "if he has merely been inspired to reduce to idiotcy as many readers and
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
microcephalism
microcephalism Path. (maɪkrəʊˈsɛfəlɪz(ə)m) [f. mod.L. mīcrocephal-us (see microcephalus) + -ism.] = microcephaly.1861 N. Syd. Soc. Year-bk. Med. 2 Memoir on Microcephalism. 1879 tr. De Quatrefages' Hum. Spec. 111 Microcephalism, idiotcy, and crétinism constitute so many teratological or pathological...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
drivel
▪ I. † ˈdrivel, n.1 Obs. Forms: 3–6 drivel, 5–6 dryvyl(le, -ell, drevyll, -ill, -ell, drewell, -ill, 6 drivell. [Early ME.: app. of Low German origin; = MDu. drevel scullion, turnspit, lit. ‘driver, tool for driving’ (OHG. tribil, MHG. tribel, mod.G. triebel driver), f. MDu. drîven, OHG. trîben to d...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
chancery
chancery (ˈtʃɑːnsərɪ, -æ-) Forms: 4–5 chaunserie, -rye, 4–6 chauncerie, -rye, 5 chauncere, chauncre, 5–7 chauncery, 6 chaunsery, 6–7 chancerie, 7 chanserie, 6– chancery. [A worn-down form of chancelry, chancelery, chancellery.] † 1. The office of a chancellor; chancellorship.1395 Purvey Remonstr. (1...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai