idiotize

English

Etymology

From idiot +‎ -ize.

Verb

idiotize (third-person singular simple present idiotizes, present participle idiotizing, simple past and past participle idiotized)

1. To make or become idiotic or stupid.

   She was idiotized by hunger.

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:idiotize.

Translations

make or become stupid

• Galician: idiotizar
• Portuguese: idiotizar (pt)
• Spanish: idiotizar (es), imbecilizar

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “idiotize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)