See Also: idiotic(dictionary)

apneustic (iou) and idiotic (iou)


apneustic (iou)



apneustic adjective. L19.
[from Greek apneustia holding of the breath + -IC; in sense 1 from German apneustisch.]
Entomology. Lacking functional spiracles. L19.
Medicine. Characteristic of or exhibiting apneusis. M20.

idiotic (iou)



idiotic adjective. E18.
[from IDIOT, after Greek idiotikos or Latin idioticus uneducated, ignorant, unskilful: see -IC.]
Characteristic of an idiot or idiots; unintelligent; stupid, foolish.
V. Woolf She was completely reckless; did the most idiotic things out of bravado. H. L. Mencken The army is so stupid as to be virtually idiotic.