English-Thai Dictionary

idiocy

N ความ โง่เขลา (คำ ไม่สุภาพ  การกระทำ ที่ โง่เขลา  foolishness madness kwam-ngo-kao

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IDIOCY

n.[Gr. See Idiot. ] A defect of understanding; properly, a natural defect. Idiocy and lunacy excuse from the guilt of crime.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

IDIOCY

Id "i *o *cy, n. Etym: [From idiot; cf. Gr. Idiot, and cf. Idiotcy. ]

 

Defn: The condition or quality of being an idiot; absence, or marked deficiency, of sense and intelligence. I will undertake to convict a man of idiocy, if he can not see the proof that three angles of a triangle are equal to two right angles. F. W. Robertson.

 

IDIOCYCLOPHANOUS

Id `i *o *cy *cloph "a *nous, a. Etym: [Idio- + Gr. (Crystallog.)

 

Defn: Same as Idiophanous.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

idiocy

id i o cy |ˈidēəsē ˈɪdiəsi | ▶noun ( pl. idiocies ) extremely stupid behavior: the idiocy of decimating rain forests | every aspect of public administration throws up its own idiocies. ORIGIN early 16th cent. (originally denoting low intelligence ): from idiot, probably on the pattern of pairs such as lunatic, lunacy .

 

Oxford Dictionary

idiocy

idi ¦ocy |ˈɪdɪəsi | ▶noun ( pl. idiocies ) [ mass noun ] extremely stupid behaviour: the idiocy of decimating yew forests | [ count noun ] : every aspect of public administration throws up its own idiocies. ORIGIN early 16th cent. (originally denoting low intelligence ): from idiot, probably on the pattern of pairs such as lunatic, lunacy .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

idiocy

idiocy noun a unique combination of arrogance, complacency, and plain idiocy: stupidity, folly, foolishness, foolhardiness, ignorance; madness, insanity, lunacy, nonsense; silliness, brainlessness, thoughtlessness, senselessness, irresponsibility, imprudence, ineptitude, inanity, absurdity, ludicrousness, fatuousness; informal craziness. ANTONYMS sense.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

idiocy

idiocy noun to reduce funding by a further 20 \% would seem to be the height of idiocy | the idiocies of mankind: stupidity, folly, foolishness, foolhardiness, madness, insanity, lunacy, silliness, brainlessness, thoughtlessness, senselessness, lack of sense, indiscretion, irresponsibility, injudiciousness, imprudence, rashness, recklessness, ineptitude, inaneness, inanity, irrationality, illogicality, absurdity, nonsense, ludicrousness, ridiculousness, fatuousness, fatuity, asininity, pointlessness, meaninglessness, futility, fruitlessness; informal craziness; Brit. informal daftness. ANTONYMS sense.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

idiocy

id i o cy /ɪ́diəsi /名詞 複 -cies 1 U ばかげた愚かさ, 無意味さ ; C 白痴的言動 .2 U 白痴 (→idiot ).