Meanings
- derogatoryrareuncountableHumans as a group, viewed as a foolish species.
"There seems to me to be absolutely no limit to the inanity and credulity of the human race. Homo Sapiens! Homo idioticus! Who do they pray to - the ghosts?"
1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019Synonyms: Homo insipiens
Synonyms & antonyms
nounHumans as a group, viewed as a foolish species.
Origin
- Latinhomō
- EnglishHomo idioticus
A pseudotaxonomic name formed by analogy with Homo sapiens. From Latin homō + idiōticus, influenced by English idiotic.
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