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crackpot.

An eccentric, crazy or foolish person.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɹæk.pɒt/

  1. An eccentric, crazy or foolish person.

    informal
    Time will tell whether he is a crackpot or a genius for promoting that sort of idea.

  2. Someone addicted to crack cocaine (i.e. a drug addict).

    informal
Where this word comes from

Mostly likely a back-etymology of pot, to form crack + pot. Originally, from crack + pate. Compare typologically Russian чо́кнутый (čóknutyj) (< чо́каться (čókatʹsja), onomatopoeic), see crack for the further typology.

adj/ˈkɹæk.pɒt/

  1. Eccentric or impractical.

    informal
    a crackpot idea
Where this word comes from

Mostly likely a back-etymology of pot, to form crack + pot. Originally, from crack + pate. Compare typologically Russian чо́кнутый (čóknutyj) (< чо́каться (čókatʹsja), onomatopoeic), see crack for the further typology.

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