Pyramidiot

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    pyramidologist; one who believes prophecies are encoded in Egyptian pyramids. derogatory

    "It has been customary in some circles to dub them ' Pyramid-ites ', but after all ' Smyrniot ' and ' Cypriot ' are used for ' those of Smyrna ' and ' those of Cyprus ', so why not Pyramidiot ?"

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"It has been customary in some circles to dub them ' Pyramid-ites ', but after all ' Smyrniot ' and ' Cypriot ' are used for ' those of Smyrna ' and ' those of Cyprus ', so why not Pyramidiot ?"

Etymology

Blend of pyramid + idiot, influenced by -iot. Coined by archaeologist Osbert Guy Stanhope Crawford in 1935.

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