Crackpot

Definitions

1. A small village in Grinton parish, Swaledale, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SD9796)
2. An eccentric, crazy or foolish person.
   informal
3. Someone addicted to crack cocaine (i.e. a drug addict).
   informal

Equivalents

Examples

“Time will tell⟳ whether he is a crackpot or a genius for promoting that sort⟳ of idea.”

“The Police Commissioner sat studying Frank the Flower for several minutes. Then he called the policeman who had arrested Frank. “You will have⟳ to lock⟳ this man up,” he said. “But treat⟳ him gently. He is a harmless crackpot.””

“No one plots like⟳ Gaston / Takes cheap shots like⟳ Gaston / Plans to persecute harmless crackpots like⟳ Gaston”

“In the early 1990s, Ms. Feilding realized that the only way to overcome⟳ the taboo of these drugs — and her reputation as a crackpot — was to start⟳ a scientific foundation to fund research⟳ projects that governments and universities would never consider⟳.”

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