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n. [ Cf. Idiocy. ] Idiocy. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Rendered idiotic; befooled. [ R. ] Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Idio- + thermic. ] Self-heating; warmed, as the body of animal, by process going on within itself.

{ } a. [ L. idioticus ignorant, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. idiotique. See Idiot. ] 1. Common; simple. [ Obs. ] Blackwall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pertaining to, or like, an idiot; characterized by idiocy; foolish; fatuous; as, an idiotic person, speech, laugh, or action. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an idiotic manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; belonging to a private man, private. See Idiot. ] A dictionary of a peculiar dialect, or of the words and phrases peculiar to one part of a country; a glossary. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like an idiot; foolish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. idiotisme, L. idiotismus the way of fashion of a private person, the common or vulgar manner of speaking, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to put into or use common language, fr. &unr_;. See Idiot. ] 1. An idiom; a form, mode of expression, or signification, peculiar to a language. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scholars sometimes give terminations and idiotisms, suitable to their native language, unto words newly invented. M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Lack of knowledge or mental capacity; idiocy; foolishness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Worse than mere ignorance or idiotism. Shaftesbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

The running that adventure is the greatist idiotism. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become stupid. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]