Idiotistic
adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Specific to one idiolect.
"He ridicules the ambition of German writers to be classic, as Lessing had ridiculed their eagerness to be French. “Let us,” he says, “be idiotistic writers, adapting ourselves to the peculiarities of our people and our language; whether we are classic posterity may find out.""
- 2 Synonym of idiotic. informal, nonstandard
"Further, you will not acieve^([sic]) your anything by posting idiotistic threads like these, apart from resorting to spam and swearing."
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More examples"He ridicules the ambition of German writers to be classic, as Lessing had ridiculed their eagerness to be French. “Let us,” he says, “be idiotistic writers, adapting ourselves to the peculiarities of our people and our language; whether we are classic posterity may find out.""
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