Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

idioticy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: id-i-oti-cy
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Derogatory; Uncountable

noun

An idiotic statement or action.

Countable; Derogatory

Example Sentences

"The 'Jesus is a vegetarian' idioticy is on a par with the teetotalers' attempt to say he never drank wine."
"Please excuse my idioticy, but how is S1 and S2 wired (in series with each other?), and what is the not in between."
"The idioticy was all mine. I should have drawn it better."
">Drencrom Droog come on down: > Where to? Your level of idioticy? Or are you a queer-bait, mule humper?"
"Obviously you are over-emphasizing your idioticy to rationalize your idioticy that you cant accept. Quite a pathetic way to survive."
"Human mind get's used to its own idioticies."

Etymology

From idiot + -i- + -cy.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: idiot
Suffix: -i-

Usage

Inflected Forms

idioticies (plural)

Questions

What does idioticy mean?: Idiocy.
Where does idioticy come from?: From idiot + -i- + -cy.

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