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Definitions: IDIOTISM |
IDIOTISMNoun1. Lack of knowledge or mental capacity; idiocy; foolishness. 2. An idiom; a form, mode of expression, or signification, peculiar to a language. |
Date "IDIOTISM" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1792. (references) |
Etymology: Idiotism \Id"i*ot*ism\, noun. [French expression idiotisme, from Latin expression idiotismus the way of fashion of private person, the common or vulgar manner of speaking, Greek, from to put into or use common language. See Idiot.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Imbecility Folly | Simplicity, puerility, babyhood; dotage, anility, second childishness, fatuity; idiocy, idiotism; driveling. |
Phrase | Noun: phrase, expression, set phrase; sentence, paragraph; figure of speech; idiom, idiotism; turn of expression; style. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: IDIOTISM |
| Non-English Usage: "IDIOTISM" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Romanian (idiom). |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
idiotism | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "IDIOTISM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Farsi | حماقت (Idiocy, Stupidity, Unreason), سفاهت , جهالت (Ignorance), بی خبری (Ignorance). (various references) | |
Manx | thootid (oafishness, simplicity), moal-hushtid, lag-hushtid. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | idiotismay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "IDIOTISM": idiotisms. (additional references) | |
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"IDIOTISM" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: idlitis, idotism. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "IDIOTISM" (pronounced 'Id"i*ot*ism'): Abolitionism, Absenteeism, Absinthism, Absolutism, Academicism, Academism, Accidentalism, Achromatism, Acosmism, Acrobatism, Acrotism, Actinism, Adiaphorism, AEstheticism, Africanism, Agnosticism, Agonism, Agrarianism, Agriculturism, Albinism, Albinoism, Alcoholism, Alienism, Allodialism, Allomerism, Allomorphism, Allotheism, Alphabetism, Altruism, Amateurism, Americanism, Amorphism, Anabaptism, Anachorism, Anachronism, Anacrotism, Anagrammatism, Analogism, Anamorphism, Anarchism, Anathematism, Anatocism, Anatomism, Anchoretism, Andabatism, Aneurism, Anglicanism, Anglicism, Anglo-Catholicism, Anglo-Saxonism, Anilinism, Animalism, Animism, Anomalism, Antagonism, Antarchism, Anthorism, Anthropomorphism, Anthropomorphitism, Anthropophuism, Antichronism, Anticivism, Anti-imperialism, Antinomianism, Antiquarianism, Anti-Semitism, Antitheism, Apheliotropism, Aphetism, Aphorism, Aplanatism, Apogeotropism, Apophlegmatism, Apriorism, Arabism, Aramaism, Archaism, Arianism, Aristocratism, Aristotelianism, Arminianism, Arsenicism, Asceticism, Asiaticism, Associationism, Astaticism, Asteism, Asterism, astigmatism, Asystolism, Atavism, Atheism, Athleticism, Athletism, Atomicism, Atomism, Atropism, Atticism, Attorneyism, Authorism, Autochthonism, Autoecism, Autohypnotism, Automatism, Automobilism, Automorphism, Autotheism, Autotropism, Averroism, Baalism, Babyism, Bacchanalianism, Bachelorism, Bahaism, Bantingism, BAPTISM, Barbarism, Bardism, Bastardism, Bathmism, Baunscheidtism, Beggarism, Benthamism, Biblicism, Bibliophilism, Bibliopolism, Bicyclism, Bilingualism, Biliteralism, Bimastism, Bimetallism, Biomagnetism, Biprism, Bitheism, Blackguardism, Bletonism, Blockheadism, Bluestockingism, Bohemianism, Bonapartism, Boodhism, Bossism, Boswellism, Boulangism, Bourbonism, Boycottism, Boyism, Braggardism, Brahmoism, Branchiomerism, Brigandism, Briticism, Bromism, Bromoiodism, Brutalism, Brutism, Buddhism, Buffoonism, Burkism, Cabalism, Caesarism, Cahenslyism, Calvinism, Cannibalism, Carbonarism, Carnalism, Cartesianism, Casualism, Catadicrotism, Catasterism, Catastrophism, Catechism, Catholicism, Cauterism, Cavalierism, Celticism, Cenobitism, Centonism, Centralism, Cephalism, Cerebralism, Ceremonialism, Cesarism, Chaldaism, Characterism, Charism, Charlatanism, Chartism, Chattelism, Chauvinism, Chemism, Chloralism, Chrism, Christianism, Chromatism, Chromism, Churchism, Ciceronianism, Cicisbeism, Cinchonism, Citicism, Civicism, Civism, Classicalism, Classicism, Clericalism, Cliquism, Cocainism, Cockneyism, Collectivism, Colloquialism, Colonialism, Commatism, Commensalism, Commercialism, Communalism, Communism, Compatriotism, Comtism, Conceptualism, Concettism, Confessionalism, Confucianism, Congregationalism, Congruism, Conservatism, Constitutionalism, Consubstantialism, Contrabandism, Conventionalism, Conversationism, Convictism, Corporealism, Cosmopolitanism, Cosmopolitism, Cosmotheism, creationism, Creticism, Cretinism, Cretism, Criticism, Cubism, Cullyism, Curialism, Cynicism, Cyphonism, Daltonism, Dandyism, Darwinianism, Darwinism, Dashism, Deaf-mutism, Decimalism, Deism, Demagogism, Democratism, Demoniacism, Demonianism, Demonism, Denominationalism, Dentalism, Despotism, Determinism, Devilism, Diabolism, Diageotropism, Diaheliotropism, Dialogism, Diamagnetism, Diathermanism, Dichroism, Dichromatism, Dicrotism, Didacticism, Diglottism, Dilettanteism, Dilettantism, Dimorphism, Dioecism, Diorism, Diplomatism, Dissenterism, Ditheism, Docetism, Doctrinarianism, Dogmatism, Donatism, Donnism, Doricism, Dorism, Doughfaceism, Dowagerism, Druidism, Dualism, Dynamism, Dynamitism, Ebionitism, Ecclesiasticism, Eclecticism, Ectorganism, Egoism, Egomism, Egotheism, Egotism, Eleaticism, Electicism, Electro-magnetism, Electro-vitalism, Elementalism, Embolism, Emotionalism, Empiricism, Encyclopedism, Englishism, Entorganism, Epicureanism, Epicurism, Epilogism, Epipolism, Episcopalianism, Episyllogism, Equestrianism, Erastianism, Eremitism, Erethism, Eroticism, Erythrism, Erythrochroism, Esotericism, Essenism, Etacism, Etherealism, Ethnicism, Euhemerism, Eunuchism, Euphemism, Euphonism, Euphuism, Eutychianism, Evangelicalism, Evangelicism, Evangelism, Evolutionism, Exclusionism, Exclusivism, Exorcism, Exoticism, Experientialism, Externalism, Falsism, Familism, Fanaticism, Fanatism, Fantasticism, Fatalism, Favoritism, Federalism, Fenianism, feudalism, Filibusterism, Fissiparism, Flunlyism, Fogyism, Foreignism, formalism, Fossilism, Fourierism, Frenchism, Frivolism, futurism, Galenism, Gallicanism, Gallicism, Galvanotropism, Gamomorphism, Gargarism, Genevanism, Gentilism, Geomalism, Geophagism, Geotropism, Germanism, Geusdism, Gipsyism, Gladiatorism, Gnosticism, Gongorism, Gonochorism, Gormandism, Gothicism, Grammarianism, Grammaticism, Grangerism, Grecism, Grundyism, Gutturalism, Gynandromorphism, Gypsyism, heathenism, Hebraism. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-i-i-i-m-o-s-t" | |
-1 letter: simioid. | |
-2 letters: idioms, idiots, iodism. | |
-3 letters: doits, idiom, idiot, imido, imids, midis, midst, misdo, mitis, moist, odist, omits, timid. | |
-4 letters: dims, dits, doit, doms, dost, dots, imid, midi, mids, miso, mist, modi, mods, most, mots, omit, smit, tods, toms. | |
-5 letters: dim, dis, dit, dom, dos, dot, ids, ism, its, mid, mis, mod, mos, mot, ods, oms, sim, sit, sod, som, sot, tis, tod, tom. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-i-i-i-m-o-s-t" | |
+1 letter: idiotisms. | |
+3 letters: diminutions, mastoiditis, morbidities. | |
+4 letters: bimodalities, deviationism, discomfiting, domiciliates, intimidators, isodiametric, mediocrities, misdirection. | |
+5 letters: delimitations, demolitionist, deviationisms, dimerizations, discriminator, dissemination, dissimilation, dissimilatory, dissimulation, doctrinairism, domesticities, idiomaticness, incommodities, intimidations, mastoiditides, misdirections, mispositioned, modifications, moribundities, nicotinamides. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 44 49 4F 54 49 53 4D |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. -.. .. --- - .. ... -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01000100 01001001 01001111 01010100 01001001 01010011 01001101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I D I O T I S M |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 0044 0049 004F 0054 0049 0053 004D |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4338434954435347 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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