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Definition of Idiotcy
1. n. Idiocy.
Definition of Idiotcy
1. Noun. (archaic spelling of idiocy) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Idiotcy
1. idiocy [n IDIOTCIES] - See also: idiocy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Idiotcy
Literary usage of Idiotcy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Provincial Medical & Surgical Journal (1843)
"Sí TREATMENT OF idiotcy.—REVIEWS. of the English language, while the officers
and servants of the English lunatic asylums are equally ignorant of the Welch. ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence as Administered in England and Ireland by John Pitt Taylor (1887)
"... coverture,' idiotcy, insanity, or intoxication;2 or that the instrument came
into the hands of the plaintiff without any absolute and final delivery by ..."
3. The Life and Adventures of Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography in Four Books by John Forster (1848)
"Indeed the charge of idiotcy in the affairs of the Hawkins world, may even add
to the pleasure with which we contemplate that older world picture beside it, ..."
4. A Practical Treatise on the Appellate Jurisdiction of the House of Lords by John Fraser Macqueen (1842)
"Nor from an Order of Exchequer, to sell real property of a Crown Debtor, 96.—Nor
from Orders on Motion or Petition, in idiotcy, ..."
5. Treatise on Physical Education: Specially Adapted to Young Ladies by Antoine Martin Bureaud-Riofrey (1838)
"idiotcy. ROUSSEAU was of opinion that man was only imbecile because he returned
to his primitive state. If so, all would not be well that came from the ..."
6. Epilepsy-- its symptoms, treatment, and relation to other chronic convulsive by John Russell Reynolds (1861)
"idiotcy is complicated with epilepsy, or epileptiform convulsions in a very large
number of its cases ; but the records which I have seen of the relations ..."
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