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noun
1.
a person who is eccentric, unrealistic, or fanatical.
adjective
2.
eccentric; impractical; fanatical: crackpot ideas.
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Crackpot
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
Origin:
1860–65; from the phrase cracked pot
1860–65; from the phrase cracked pot
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Word Origin & History
crackpot
1883, probably from pot in a slang sense of "head." Cf. crack-brain "crazy fellow" (c.1570).
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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