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idiotese en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From idiot + -ese.

Meanings

  1. (rare, slang, uncountable) A 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:
    • 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: