idiocy.
The state or condition of being an idiot; the quality of having an intelligence level far below average.
Meaning & usage
The state or condition of being an idiot; the quality of having an intelligence level far below average.
Lack of intelligence or sense; extremely foolish behaviour.
The administrators, growing tired of such idiocy, put a new policy in place.
An idiotic act or utterance.
The list of his idiocies is seemingly interminable.
Where this word comes from
From French idiotie, from Old French idiot. Displaced earlier idiotacy, idiotry. Equivalent to idiot + -cy. By surface analysis, idio- + -cy.
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