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Crackpot

//ˈkɹæk.pɒt// adj, name, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Eccentric or impractical. informal

    "a crackpot idea"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A small village in Grinton parish, Swaledale, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SD9796)
Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a whimsically eccentric person wordnet
  3. 3
    Someone addicted to crack cocaine (i.e. a drug addict). informal

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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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