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id⋅i⋅o⋅cy

  [id-ee-uh-see]
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–noun, plural -cies.
1. utterly senseless or foolish behavior; a stupid or foolish act, statement, etc.
2. Psychology. the state of being an idiot.
Origin:
1520–30; idio(t) + -cy; cf. Gk idiōteía uncouthness

Synonyms:
1. foolishness, inanity, folly.
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id·i·o·cy   (ĭd'ē-ə-sē)   
n.   pl. id·i·o·cies
  1. Extreme folly or stupidity.
  2. A foolish or stupid utterance or deed.
  3. Psychology The state or condition of being an idiot; profound mental retardation.

[From idiot.]
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Idiocy

Id"i*o*cy\, n. [From idiot; cf. Gr. ? uncouthness, want of education, fr. ?. See Idiot, and cf. Idiotcy.] The condition or quality of being an idiot; absence, or marked deficiency, of sense and intelligence.

I will undertake to convict a man of idiocy, if he can not see the proof that three angles of a triangle are equal to two right angles. --F. W. Robertson.
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Main Entry: id·i·o·cy
Pronunciation: 'id-E-&-sE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -cies
: extreme mentalretardation commonly due to incomplete or abnormal development of the brain
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idiocy id·i·o·cy (ĭd'ē-ə-sē)
n.
The state or condition of being an idiot; profound mental retardation.

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