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idiotry

idiotry noun: idiocy.

Noun

idiotry (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Idiocy
    • But ſo great vvas his love of ſacred amity at the ſame time, that he ſays, I ſtill keep up any correſpondence vvith him, notvvithſtanding his Idiotry, for it is my principle to be contſant in my friendſhips— […]1752, William Warburton, “Epistle to Dr. [John] Arbuthnot, Being the Prologue to the Satires”, in Alexander Pope, The Works of Alexander Pope Esq., volume IV, London: […] J[ohn] and P[aul] Knapton...

Origin of idiotry

From idiot + -ry.

Questions about idiotry

What does idiotry mean?
Idiotry means idiocy.
What part of speech is idiotry?
Idiotry is a noun.

Words near idiotry in the dictionary

  1. idiotproof
  2. idiotproofed
  3. idiotproofing
  4. idiotproofs
  5. idiotropic
  6. idiotry
  7. idiots
  8. idiots savants
  9. idiots-savants
  10. Idiotsville
  11. Idiotville

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