crackpot
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crackpot¹
- /ˈkɹæk.pɒt/
Rhymes with -ækpɒt
Where it comes from
Mostly likely a back-etymology of pot, to form crack + pot. Originally, from crack + pate.
Compare typologically Russian чо́кнутый (čóknutyj) (< чо́каться (čókatʹsja), onomatopoeic), see crack for the further typology.
noun crackpots
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An eccentric, crazy or foolish person.
Time will tell whether he is a crackpot or a genius for promoting that sort of idea.
Similar: crank, crazy, kook, live one, nut ball, nutbag, nutbar, nutcase, nutter, bizarro, coot, crackpot
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Someone addicted to crack cocaine (i.e. a drug addict).
Similar: crackhead, crack whore, addict, abuser, fiend, slave, wastoid
adjective more crackpot · most crackpot
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Eccentric or impractical.
a crackpot idea
Similar: eccentric, impractical
Crackpot²
proper noun
- A small village in Grinton parish, Swaledale, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SD9796)
Translations
Talk about this word "crackpot." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/crackpot. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. crackpot. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/crackpot "crackpot." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/crackpot.Cite this
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title = {crackpot},
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