"idiotize" meaning in English

See idiotize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: idiotizes [present, singular, third-person], idiotizing [participle, present], idiotized [participle, past], idiotized [past]
Etymology: From idiot + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|idiot|ize}} idiot + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} idiotize (third-person singular simple present idiotizes, present participle idiotizing, simple past and past participle idiotized)
  1. To make or become idiot or stupid. Translations (make or become stupid): idiotizar (Galician), idiotizar (Portuguese), idiotizar (Spanish), imbecilizar (Spanish)

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "idiot",
        "3": "ize"
      },
      "expansion": "idiot + -ize",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From idiot + -ize.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "idiotizes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "idiotizing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "idiotized",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "idiotized",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "idiotize (third-person singular simple present idiotizes, present participle idiotizing, simple past and past participle idiotized)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ize",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Galician translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "idiotized by hunger"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make or become idiot or stupid."
      ],
      "id": "en-idiotize-en-verb-z0qUPFbo",
      "links": [
        [
          "idiot",
          "idiot"
        ],
        [
          "stupid",
          "stupid"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "make or become stupid",
          "word": "idiotizar"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "make or become stupid",
          "word": "idiotizar"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "make or become stupid",
          "word": "idiotizar"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "make or become stupid",
          "word": "imbecilizar"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "idiotize"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "idiot",
        "3": "ize"
      },
      "expansion": "idiot + -ize",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From idiot + -ize.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "idiotizes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "idiotizing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "idiotized",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "idiotized",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "idiotize (third-person singular simple present idiotizes, present participle idiotizing, simple past and past participle idiotized)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms suffixed with -ize",
        "English verbs",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "idiotized by hunger"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make or become idiot or stupid."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "idiot",
          "idiot"
        ],
        [
          "stupid",
          "stupid"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "make or become stupid",
      "word": "idiotizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "make or become stupid",
      "word": "idiotizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "make or become stupid",
      "word": "idiotizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "make or become stupid",
      "word": "imbecilizar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "idiotize"
}

Download raw JSONL data for idiotize meaning in English (1.5kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (e4a2c88 and 4230888). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.