"crackpot" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈkɹæk.pɒt/ Audio: en-us-crackpot.ogg [US] Forms: more crackpot [comparative], most crackpot [superlative]
Rhymes: -ækpɒt Etymology: Mostly likely a back-etymology of pot, to form crack + pot. Originally, from crack + pate. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|crack|pot}} crack + pot, {{compound|en|crack|pate}} crack + pate Head templates: {{en-adj}} crackpot (comparative more crackpot, superlative most crackpot)
  1. (informal) Eccentric or impractical. Tags: informal Synonyms: eccentric, impractical Translations (eccentric or impractical): ексцентричен (ekscentričen) (Bulgarian), ненормален (nenormalen) (Bulgarian), hassahtanut (Finnish), loufoque (French), spinnert (German), folle (Italian)
    Sense id: en-crackpot-en-adj-269ITeYP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 39 33

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɹæk.pɒt/ Audio: en-us-crackpot.ogg [US] Forms: crackpots [plural]
Rhymes: -ækpɒt Etymology: Mostly likely a back-etymology of pot, to form crack + pot. Originally, from crack + pate. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|crack|pot}} crack + pot, {{compound|en|crack|pate}} crack + pate Head templates: {{en-noun}} crackpot (plural crackpots)
  1. (informal) An eccentric, crazy or foolish person. Tags: informal Categories (topical): People Translations (crazy person): fou [masculine] (French), fêlé [masculine] (French), Spinner [masculine] (German), svitato [masculine] (Italian), folle (Italian), świr [masculine] (Polish), blázon [masculine] (Slovak), úchyl [masculine, slang] (Slovak), chiflado [masculine] (Spanish), tarambana (Spanish), galenpanna [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-crackpot-en-noun-jnCraUV0 Disambiguation of People: 1 64 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 39 33 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 28 44 29 Synonyms: crank, crazy, kook, live one, nut ball, nutbag, nutbar, nutcase, nutter, strange person, mad person Disambiguation of 'crazy person': 89 11
  2. (informal) Someone addicted to crack cocaine (i.e. a drug addict). Tags: informal Synonyms: crackhead, crack whore, addict
    Sense id: en-crackpot-en-noun-3RSozEnq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 39 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: crackpot index, crackpotitude, crackpotology, crackpottery, crackpotty

Inflected forms

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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nenormalen",
      "sense": "eccentric or impractical",
      "word": "ненормален"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "eccentric or impractical",
      "word": "hassahtanut"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "eccentric or impractical",
      "word": "loufoque"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "eccentric or impractical",
      "word": "spinnert"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "eccentric or impractical",
      "word": "folle"
    }
  ],
  "word": "crackpot"
}

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