idiotese

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noun

A form of language simplified to the point where even an idiot can understand it.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

nounidiotese (uncountable)
  1. rareslanguncountableA form of language simplified to the point where even an idiot can understand it.

    He understood the workings of an idiot's mind and broke down scientific principles in idiotese.

    2002, Cris Burks, SilkyDreamGirl: A Novel
    1 more example

    When he spoke, his voice was its usual slurred nonsensical sound. What Stony's mother—not my mother, not anymore, he reminded himself—had called “Village Idiotese.”

    2012, Douglas Clegg, The Halloween Man

Origin

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APA

idiotese. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/idiotese

MLA

“idiotese.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/idiotese. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “idiotese,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/idiotese.

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