Webster's Dictionary 1828

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IDIOTIC

IDIOT'IC, adjective Like an idiot; foolish; sottish.

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IDIOTISH

ID'IOTISH, adjective Like an idiot; partaking of idiocy; foolish.

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IDIOTISM

ID'IOTISM, noun [Gr. a form of speech taken from the vulgar.]1. An idiom; a peculiarity of expression; a mode of expression peculiar to a language; a peculiarity in the structur...

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IDIOTIZE

ID'IOTIZE, verb intransitive To become stupid.

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IDLE

I'DLE, adjective1. Not employed; unoccupied with business; inactive; doing nothing.Why stand ye here all the day idle? Matthew 20:3.To be idle is to be vicious.2. Slothful; give...

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IDLEHEADED

I'DLEHEADED, adjective [idle and head.] Foolish; unreasonable.1. Delirious; infatuated. [Little used.]

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IDLENESS

I'DLENESS, noun Abstinence from labor or employment; the state of a person who is unemployed in labor, or unoccupied in business; the state of doing nothing. idleness is the par...

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IDLEPATED

I'DLEPATED, adjective Idleheaded; stupid.

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IDLER

I'DLER, noun One who does nothing; one who spends his time in inaction, or without being engaged in business.1. A lazy person; a sluggard.

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IDLESBY

I'DLESBY, noun An idle or lazy person. [Not used.]

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IDLY

I'DLY, adverb In an idle manner; without employment.1. Lazily; sluggishly.2. Foolishly; uselessly; in a trifling way.A shilling spent idly by a fool, may be saved by a wiser per...

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IDOCRASE

ID'OCRASE, noun [Gr. form, and mixture; a mixed figure.]A mineral, the vesuvian of Werner, sometimes massive, and very often in shining prismatic crystals. Its primitive form is...

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IDOL

I'DOL, noun [Latin idolum; Gr. form or to see.]1. An image, form or representation, usually of a man or other animal, consecrated as an object of worship; a pagan deity. Idols a...

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IDOLATER

IDOL'ATER, noun [Latin idololatra. See Idolatry.]1. A worshiper of idols; one who pays divine honors to images, statues, or representations of any thing made by hands; one who w...

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IDOLATRESS

IDOL'ATRESS, noun A female worshiper of idols.

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IDOLATRIZE

IDOL'ATRIZE, verb intransitive To worship idols.IDOL'ATRIZE, verb transitive To adore; to worship.

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IDOLATROUS

IDOL'ATROUS, adjective Pertaining to idolatry; partaking of the nature of idolatry, or of the worship of false gods; consisting in the worship of idols; as idolatrous worship.1....

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IDOLATROUSLY

IDOL'ATROUSLY, adverb In an idolatrous manner; with excessive reverence.

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IDOLATRY

IDOL'ATRY, noun [Latin idololatria. Gr. idol, and to worship or serve.]1. The worship of idols, images, or any thing made by hands, or which is not God.Idolatry is of two kinds;...

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IDOLISH

I'DOLISH, adjective Idolatrous.

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IDOLISM

I'DOLISM, noun The worship of idols. [Little used.]

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IDOLIST

I'DOLIST, noun A worship of images; a poetical word.

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IDOLIZE

I'DOLIZE, verb transitive To love to excess; to love or reverence to adoration; as, to idolize gold or wealth; to idolize children; to idolize a virtuous magistrate or a hero.

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IDOLIZED

I'DOLIZED, participle passive Loved or reverenced to adoration.

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IDOLIZER

I'DOLIZER, noun One who idolizes, or loves to reverence.

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IDOLIZING

I'DOLIZING, participle present tense Loving or revering to an excess bordering on adoration.

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IDONEOUS

IDO'NEOUS, adjective [Latin idoneus; probably from the root of Gr. to be strong, able or sufficient.]Fit; suitable; proper; convenient; adequate. [Little used.]