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idiotisms

idiotisms is the plural of idiotism.

Meaning of idiotism

Noun (1)

idiotism (countable and uncountable, plural idiotisms)

  1. (historical) Very severe mental retardation.
    • He did not perceive that regal power, in a few generations, introduces idiotism into the noble stem […]1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1792, →OCLC
  2. A foolish utterance.
    • […] that clear soprano, in nursery, rings out a shower of innocent idiotisms over the half-stripped baby, and suspends the bawl upon its lips.1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard

Noun (2)

idiotism (plural idiotisms)

  1. Idiom.
  2. An overly literal translation of an idiom.

Questions about idiotisms

What is idiotisms the plural of?
Idiotisms is the plural of idiotism.

Words near idiotisms in the dictionary

  1. idioticon
  2. idioticons
  3. idioticy
  4. idiotish
  5. idiotism
  6. idiotisms
  7. idiotist
  8. idiotistic
  9. idiotists
  10. idiotize
  11. idiotized

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