Id"i*ot*ed (?), a. Rendered idiotic; befooled. [R.] Tennyson.
Id`i*o*ther"mic (?), a. [Idio- + thermic.] Self-heating; warmed, as the
body of animal, by process going on within itself.
{ Id`i*ot"ic (?), Id`i*ot"ic*al (?), } a. [L. idioticus ignorant, Gr.
&?;: cf. F. idiotique. See Idiot.] 1. Common; simple. [Obs.] Blackwall.
2. Pertaining to, or like, an idiot; characterized by idiocy; foolish;
fatuous; as, an idiotic person, speech, laugh, or action.
Id`i*ot"ic*al*ly, adv. In an idiotic manner.
Id`i*ot"i*con (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; belonging to a private man,
private. See Idiot.] A dictionary of a peculiar dialect, or of the
words and phrases peculiar to one part of a country; a glossary.
Id"i*ot*ish (?), a. Like an idiot; foolish.
Id"i*ot*ism (?), n. [F. idiotisme, L. idiotismus the way of fashion of
a private person, the common or vulgar manner of speaking, Gr. &?;, fr.
&?; to put into or use common language, fr. &?;. See Idiot.] 1. An
idiom; a form, mode of expression, or signification, peculiar to a
language.
Scholars sometimes give terminations and idiotisms, suitable to
their native language, unto words newly invented.