idiocy
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Words labeled “extremely offensive” are profoundly insulting and are used to discriminate or offend.
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)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (stupidity)
a. la idiotez (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Swimming during a thunderstorm is sheer idiocy.Es una verdadera idiotez nadar durante una tormenta eléctrica.
b. la imbecilidad (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
I can't watch another episode of "Tiger King." The idiocy is intolerable.No puedo ver otro episodio de "Tiger King". La imbecilidad es insoportable.
2. (archaic) (extremely offensive) (medicine)
A word or phrase that is no longer used in contemporary language and is recognized as being from another era (e.g., thou).
A word or phrase that is gravely offensive and taboo in all contexts.
a. la idiocia (F) (archaic) (extremely offensive)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
A word or phrase that is no longer used in contemporary language and is recognized as being from another era (e.g., thou).
A word or phrase that is gravely offensive and taboo in all contexts.
b. la idiotez (F) (archaic) (extremely offensive)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
A word or phrase that is no longer used in contemporary language and is recognized as being from another era (e.g., thou).
A word or phrase that is gravely offensive and taboo in all contexts.
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